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Grotesque Heads: Four Caricature Profiles (nos. 33-36)
Album leaf mounting four pen studies of exaggerated, aged faces
This album leaf mounts four small pen-and-ink caricature heads, each numbered at upper right (33 to 36). They present bust-length studies of aged and deformed faces, exploring exaggerated profiles with jutting chins, hooked or bulbous noses, sunken mouths, and eccentric headgear. No written text accompanies the drawings.
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No. 33: gaunt man in a soft cap
A lean, elderly man is shown in right profile wearing a close-fitting soft cap. His face is drawn with a sharp, protruding nose and hollow cheeks, the shoulders lightly sketched below.
No. 34: old woman with elaborate coiled hair
An aged woman appears in left profile, her hair bound in tightly wound, banded coils gathered at the back of the head. Deep wrinkles line her face and neck, and a sagging bodice is indicated below.
No. 35: veiled figure in profile
A wrinkled figure faces right, the head wrapped in a draped veil or headscarf that falls onto the shoulders. The features are exaggerated into a pointed, toothless-looking profile.
No. 36: grotesque with bulbous nose
A caricature head in right profile shows a heavily lined face with a swollen, bulbous nose and receding mouth. The hair is dressed in a large spiral bun at the back of the head.