19th-20th century
The support was originally one sheet which was cut into two, one showing the head and another the body; these sheets have been rejoined.
42.2 x 48.4 cm (16 5/8 x 19 1/16 in.) other; upper image, irregular (upper image, irregular): 13.6 x 15.4 cm (5 3/8 x 6 1/16 in.) sheet; lower (lower sheet, irregular): 29.2 x 48.3 cm (11 1/2 x 19 in.)
Jasper Deeter, Rose Valley PA, Gift to Thomas Suma, 1930. Deeter supposedly got the works from Eakins. Thomas Suma, Rose Valley PA, Gift of Jasper Deeter, 1930, Sold to M. R. Schweitzer, 1945. Suma received the works from Deeter in lieu of salary. His last name might have been "Summa." M. R. Schweitzer, Purchased from Thomas Suma, 1945, Sold to Adams Davidson Gallery, 1975. Adams Davidson Gallery, Washington DC, Purchased from M. R. Schweitzer, 1975, Sold to Seiden and De Cuevas, 1975. Purchased with the assistance of Dr. David Morowitz. Vermeer Associates Limited, Purchased from Adams Davidson Gallery, 1975, Sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997.
Ink on paper
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19th-20th centuryGermanGold ink on black tissue paper
20th centuryAmericanFour unmounted drawings: ink and color on paper
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20th centuryRussianBlack chalk and white gouache on blue laid paper
19th centuryFrenchBlack ink and white chalk on pinkish-gray laid paper
20th centurySpanishColored marker on paper
Black crayon on off-white wove paper
19th-20th centuryAmerican