id:			170719
accession number:	2013.241
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.241
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:57.402000

Head of a Bearded Man Gazing to His Left, 1859. William Mulready (British, 1786–1863). Pen and brown ink; sheet: 22.6 x 18.4 cm (8 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.); secondary support: 28.1 x 24 cm (11 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz 2013.241

title:				Head of a Bearded Man Gazing to His Left
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creation date:			1859
creation date earliest:		1859
creation date latest:		1859
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creditline:			Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	pen and brown ink
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - British
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* William Mulready (British, 1786–1863)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 22.6 x 18.4 cm (8 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 28.1 x 24 cm (11 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	wove paper lined with antique laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed, in brown ink, at lower left: R Academy / 24 June 1859 / W.M.; inscribed, in graphite, at lower left corner: 156
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art 
	opening date:   2013-02-10T00:00:00
	<i>British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art </i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	William Drummond, London
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	(Shepherd Gallery, New York)
	date: 1984
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	Helen and Albert Borowitz, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?-2013
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013-
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fun fact:
This instantly recognizable model was the subject of at least one other drawing, titled <em>Head of an Old Man</em>, in the collection of Tate Britain today.

digital description:
For William Mulready, drawing was a lifelong preoccupation. This sheet was drawn from a model in the Royal Academy’s life school when the artist was 73. He was one of the Academy’s most devoted teachers, positioning the model for his students and then drawing alongside them. Closely observed and meticulously crafted, the work attests to Mulready’s consummate skill as a draftsman, and the weather-beaten face of the male model is as arresting today as it was in Victorian London.

wall description:
For Mulready, drawing was a lifelong preoccupation. These two sheets were drawn from models in the Royal Academy’s life school when the artist was 73. He was one of the Academy’s most devoted teachers, positioning the model for his students and then drawing alongside them. Closely observed and meticulously crafted, both drawings attest to Mulready’s consummate skill as a draftsman. The sensuality of the female nude and the weather-beaten face of the male model are as arresting today as they were in Victorian London.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 108-111, 147, no. 36b; Reproduced: p. 111
	url:		

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.241/2013.241_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.241/2013.241_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.241/2013.241_full.tif