Head of a Jewish Youth and a Jewish Woman: 2567

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Titles

Head of a Jewish Youth and a Jewish Woman

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Hunt, William Holman

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: The artist (1905); Mrs Holman Hunt (the artist's widow, 1923) Mrs Sigismund Goetze

Measurements and weight

Height: 168 mm
Width: 263 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by Goetze, Constance, Mrs

Dating

Production date: AD 1854 : one of the few studies from the life that Hunt managed to execute while he was in Jerusalem in 1854/55

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Whitening
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( buff)

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Graphite heightened with white on buff paper

Inscription or legends present

Text: W.H.H.
Location: Lower right
Type: Signature

Text: Jewish Youth and Jewish woman studies of type Jerusalem 1854 (in the artist's hand)
Location: Lower left
Method of creation: Graphite

Related exhibitions

Holman Hunt and the Pre-Raphaelite Vision

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2567
Primary reference Number: 11566
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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