Sir William Blake Richmond, R.A. (1842-1921)

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Sir William Blake Richmond, R.A. (1842-1921)

Study of a Woman's Head for 'The Song of Miriam'

dated 'July 1880 (?)'; black and white chalk on blue grey paper
8¾ x 6in. (222 x 152mm.)

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A study for one of the foremost figures in the large picture, exhibited by Richmond at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1880, and seen on the London art-market some years ago. A number of similar head studies for the picture are in Richmond's Witt Library file, some of them reproduced in unidentified issues of The Studio and L'Art

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