DrawingsAmerican18th-19th century

Profile Portrait Head of a Man

18th-19th century

Artists

Gilbert StuartArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on cream laid paper

Culture

American

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

17.5 x 12 cm (6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.

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