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Head of a Man Wearing a Helmet (from McGuire Scrapbook)

George Augustus Baker Jr.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a grayscale pencil drawing portrait of a man's head. The man is drawn from the shoulders up and faces left. He wears an ancient-style helmet with a nose guard and a plume on top. The plume is depicted as a curved shape with several thin lines extending from it. The helmet has a strap that goes under the chin. The background of the drawing is light gray. The artist's signature appears in the bottom-left corner.

Artwork details

Medium:
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
507 × 624 px
Museum record:
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