The Face that Nature Paints

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The Face that Nature Paints

Artist George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760-1809)

Datelate 1700s

DimensionsSheet: 9 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. (232 x 169mm)
Inner image: 8 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. (210 x 163mm)

MediumPen and ink, color wash

ClassificationDrawings

Credit LineGift of Edward T. Hill

Object number

2002.17

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DescriptionA pen and ink, color wash drawing on cream wove paper. Written in pencil on the bottom of mat: George Montard [sometimes published as Moutard] Woodward 1760-1809, signed & inscribed. Also on recto in pen: G.M. Woodward, Delin, [meaning delineavit or has drawn it], "The Face that Nature paints". On verso in pencil: NYC USA, Old Print Shop, 18/10/68; and at bottom of verso: HTP 35 (circled). A pen and ink, color wash drawing on cream wove paper. Written in pencil on the bottom of mat: George Montard [sometimes published as Moutard] Woodward 1760-1809, signed & inscribed. Also on recto in pen: G.M. Woodward, Delin, [meaning delineavit or has drawn it], "The Face that Nature paints". On verso in pencil: NYC USA, Old Print Shop, 18/10/68; and at bottom of verso: HTP 35 (circled).

Published Referencescf. G.M. Woodward, The Comic Works in Prose and Poetry, of G.M. Woodward (London: T. Tegg, 1808). cf. Anne Gould, editor, Masters of Caricature (New York: Knopf, 1981): 51. cf. www.haleysteele.com (English caricature prints) cf. Bernard Falk, Thomas Rowlandson: His Life and Art, London: Hutchinson, 1949.Exhibition HistoryTMA Satire Show: March 17 - June 25 2006