Bernhard's Whooping Cough Face, mid to late 1820s

Not on View

Medium

pen and gray ink on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 16.1 x 9.1 cm (6 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

Accession Number

2009.70.196

Artists / Makers

Gerhard Wilhelm von Reutern (artist) Russian, 1794 - 1865

Image Use

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Inscription

by artist, upper right in pen and gray ink: d 19ten N.U.M./u 22-; by artist, across bottom in pen and gray ink: Bernhards Keuchhustens Gesicht; by unknown hand, upper left verso in graphite: 4; by unknown hand, bottom center verso in graphite: 82

Provenance

(Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, by 1978). (Sven H. A. Bruntjen, Woodside, CA); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bruntjen, Sven H.A., Dr.
Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox Ltd.
McCrindle, Joseph F.

Exhibition History

1978: Gerhardt Wilhelm von Reutern (1794-1865) Drawings and Watercolours. Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1978, no. 19.

2012: The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 112-113, no. 45 (entry by Margaret Doyle).