
16th-19th Century
William Etty 'Portrait of a Man's Head'
William Etty 'Portrait of a Man's Head'
William Etty British, 1787-1849
Portrait of a Man’s Head
£2,000
Charcoal and white chalk highlight on paper
Label of J.M Mass Gallery (verso)
36cm × 28cm (54cm × 43cm framed)
Etty, a student of Thomas Lawrence, R.A., was the first significant British painter of nudes. Most of his models, would have been guardsmen, posing to supplement their modest income. His work in contained in many public collections, including the Royal Academy, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Ashmolean, Oxford.