Skip to main content

Head of a young black girl: P.160-1947

An image of Print

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Head of a young black girl

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Smith, John (Attributed)
Publisher: Oliver, John
Printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Collection John Chaloner Smith (1827-1985) (L.2295bis); sales (Christie's) 20 January 1896 & 3-6 February 1896

Legal notes

Bought from the Perceval Fund with the aid of a donation from Louis C. G. Clarke, M.A.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1947)

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: circa AD 1683 : Based on a dated impression in the British Museum (1928,0310.88)

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Lugt 2295bis

  • Text: Smith / 4 - 106
  • Location: Verso top
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.160-1947
Primary reference Number: 157957
Chaloner Smith: undescribed
Russell (Chaloner Smith): 3a I/II
Lugt: 2295bis
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 13 November 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Head of a young black girl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/157957 Accessed: 2024-11-21 18:49:57

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/157957 |title=Head of a young black girl |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-21 18:49:57|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-157957

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp30/P_160_1947.jpg"
        alt="Head of a young black girl"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Head of a young black girl</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...