Anatomical Sketches of Heads, Faces, and the Ear
date: label: Date
content: 1877–80
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Figure sketches showing multiple anatomical views of heads, facial expressions, and the ear. In the upper portion, two rows of six heads are visible: in the upper row, one face is viewed in left profile, another frontally, and another obliquely. In the lower row, all three heads are presented in left profile. At center, another row of three heads is shown: at left, an adult male head in left profile, labeled "Englishman," a baby's face at center, and at right, a diagram of a head in left profile. Below these sketches, two representations of the ear are shown: one viewing the ear directly and another from behind. At right, two overlapping heads are viewed from behind. In the lower left corner, another head is viewed from behind above two simplified renderings of an angry face--one shown frontally and another in profile. At lower right, three similarly simplified facial expressions are included: one of latency or boredom, another of mirth or pleasure, and another of melancholy.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-1536
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on green-gray wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 44.5 × 27.5 cm (17 1/2 × 10 13/16 in.)