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PROPERTY FROM THE RICHARD MILHENDER COLLECTION
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AN ALBUM OF FACE TYPES This fascinating collage of faces would have been used in an
19th century ancestor portrait studio. Presenting a variety of facial features,
Album of ten double leaves, ink and color on paper, each leaf the book would assist family members to describe their relatives’
contains two to seven various sized cut-out portraits paintings. appearance to the artist. Accuracy was important, and physiognomy-
12 1/8 x 21 3/4in (31 x 55cm), each double album leaf -the ability to discern a person’s character and fate from their
characteristics--was a widely held belief. Several portraits in this
$1,500 - 2,500 book reveal the influence of early photography. Other books of this
type are in the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Peabody Essex
Museum. See Jan Stuart Worshiping the Ancestors, Freer Gallery of
肖像集 設色紙本 冊頁 十九世紀 Art, 2001, p.83.

Provenance
Ex Collection David Howard, London, England

來源:
David Howard舊藏，倫敦

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