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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Lion's Head
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Lion's Head

Artist John M. Swan
CultureEnglish
DateNo Date
MediumCharcoal, chalk, paper
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (26 x 26.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
InscribedSigned "John M Swan" lower left. Watermarked "A.C.L." Circled "D.F.P." stamped on back in bright blue. Written in pencil on back "John M. Swan-Richardson, London, 1925, (Veres-slight head of a wolf)/N.15 n.15". Written on back of mat "N-15 John Swan 45".
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number50.48.49
On View
Not on view
DescriptionCharcoal & white chalk on blue paper. Of a lion's head.

ProvenanceDan Fellows Platt, Englewood, N.J., d. 1938; Mrs. Platt,1938-50; Chrysler Museum Purchase, 1950 Published ReferencesSPARK'S CATALOGUE, #63, $15.
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Wyatt Eaton
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François Boucher
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Thomas Couture
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Carlo Dolci
not dated
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Hans Holbein the Younger
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