Starr Wood
1870-1944
Very Thick, or, Too Much of an Auburn Beard
1894.
7 1/2 x 3 11/16 inches (190 x 94 mm)
Pen and black ink on card.
1986.2237
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Drawing for a humorous illustration published without caption in The studio, 1894, v. 3, p. 64.
Initialed "S.W. 94" at lower right.
Title from unpublished caption.
Initialed "S.W. 94" at lower right.
Title from unpublished caption.
Inscriptions/Markings
Captioned in pencil, "Very Thick, or, Too Much of an Auburn Beard"; in ink on verso, "Starr Wood"; guide marks in pencil on recto and verso.
Summary
Parody in the style of Aubrey Beardsley, showing a barber standing over a bearded customer in a chair, with a mans head at lower right, shorn to stubble with his face covered with band aids.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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