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Description: Woman Holding a Mask of a Black Man

TitleWoman Holding a Mask of a Black Man

Creator nameSmith, John Raphael

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1795–1800

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPastel on medium, moderately textured, wove paper

Dimensions33.7 x 26.7 cm

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7940

Accession numberB1977.14.6285

SubjectsPastel drawing, BritishMasks in artDress, NeoclassicalRace in artPhysiognomy in artWomen--Portraits

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A charming miniature attributed to Jean-Antoine Laurent, dated ca. 1795...

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Amelia Rauser

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.133-153

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00338.9

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Description: The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of...

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David Bindman and Helen Weston and Paul Kaplan

PublisherHarvard University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.171-206

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00142.010

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