Drawings

Girl with Head of Saint John the Baptist

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1866
Accession number: 2000.5.1550.75
Makers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (19.4 x 16.2 cm.) book: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm.)
Medium: ink and graphite on tracing paper
Description: Tracing. Girl/ boy ? at right, wearing cap with feathers holding head of John the Baptist in her/his tight hand. Grasping it by the hair, while it rests on edge of a table.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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