Drawing (BM 1894,0417.1) - Public domain portrait engraving
Summary
Portrait of an unknown man of letters; almost whole-length, seated beside table, body slightly to right, eyes to front, holding paper in his left hand, his right hand resting on knee, wearing powdered full-bottomed wig and dark coat and breeches, in background, a standish and bookshelf, an open window with view of Gothic building
Black chalk, with red chalk, heightened with white, on grey-green paper
Date
2016
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain