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Source Description
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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Document identity
localId
10380
label
Heads and Figures of Various Types of People
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
10380
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Heads and Figures of Various Types of People
description
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).
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
ca. 1859
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
drawings (visual works)
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3
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3
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14.1
height
21.1
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 5 9/16 x 8 5/16 in. (14.1 x 21.1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Initialed] lower right: J.McL.
med
pen and ink on paper
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4284
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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photo
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749ff74c5352d70f
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no
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no
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photo
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be81ffd380debe9d
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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94946ae01c349b4e
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no
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no