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Source Description
Dr. Thomas Monro is best known as a patron who exercised significant influence in the London art world in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but he was also an amateur artist and competent follower of Thomas Gainsborough. The physician’s drawings were monochromatic, done in wash with additions of charcoal, chalk, or india ink in emulation of Gainsborough’s moody rural views. On the verso of the drawing is a mise-en-page of caricatures and a hillside—perhaps whimsically drawn by multiple artists at one of the doctor’s salons.
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Document identity
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163928
label
Studies of Heads (verso)
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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163928
contentType
drawing
title
Studies of Heads (verso)
description
Dr. Thomas Monro is best known as a patron who exercised significant influence in the London art world in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but he was also an amateur artist and competent follower of Thomas Gainsborough. The physician’s drawings were monochromatic, done in wash with additions of charcoal, chalk, or india ink in emulation of Gainsborough’s moody rural views. On the verso of the drawing is a mise-en-page of caricatures and a hillside—perhaps whimsically drawn by multiple artists at one of the doctor’s salons.
date
c. 1820s(?)
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79990778
creators
53041
genreSpecific
Drawing
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 15.6 x 23 cm (6 1/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
cul
England, 18th century
accession
2005.300.b
Source extras
tec
black chalk
tombstone
Studies of Heads (verso), c. 1820s(?). Thomas Monro (British, 1759–1833). Black chalk; sheet: 15.6 x 23 cm (6 1/8 x 9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Louise S. Richards, 2005.300.b
supportMaterials
description
laid paper
collection
DR - British
inscriptions
inscription
verso, in graphite: A 16477
didYouKnow
Dr. Thomas Monro established what became known as an "Academy," where artists gathered in the evenings to draw, at his home overlooking the Thames.
citations
citation
Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page_number
Cat 20 verso, pg 64-67
creditline
Gift of Louise S. Richards
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2026-05-29 08:31:20.769000
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163928
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Drawings
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DR - British
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black chalk
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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