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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Heads and Figures of Various Types of People
(18th and 19th Centuries )
McLenan was originally a meat-packer in Cincinnati. He practiced drawing for his own amusement, but later adopted it as a career, emerging as a prolific illustrator. This illustration shows an interest in physiognomy and phrenology: reading character types through variations in facial features, such as red noses (indicating fondness for drink).
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Provenance
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William T. Walters, Baltimore; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 5 9/16 x 8 5/16 in. (14.1 x 21.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.1963