PY5987

Study of the head and shoulders of a young woman with her hair swept back Long Caption: This 'study of the head and shoulders of a young woman with her hair swept back' was done when Louisa was 12 years old. The 'young woman' in question would probably have been a plaster model of a statue or a painting owned by their drawing tutor. Paintings, plaster casts of statues and parts of statues would have been the standard tools of such a tutor. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Herschel Collection Object: PAH5987 Artist: Margaret Louisa Herschel Medium: graphite Size: 384 mm x 277 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.