Study for Henry Holiday's 'Aspasia on the Pnyx' (Assigned)

drawings

Framed pencil study of a young woman’s head, identified as Hilda Petrie (née Urlin). Study for Henry Holiday's 'Aspasia on the Pnyx' (1888). Signed 'H. H.' in lower right corner. Graphite on wove paper. Gilded 'Whistler' style frame (2020).

- Garnett, Anna, The Petries and the Pre-Raphaelites: Hilda Urlin and Henry Holiday

late 19th century

before 1888

Graphite on wove paper

paper, pencil

Henry Holiday

Petrie, Hilda (sitter) , Holiday, Henry George Alexander (artist)

LDUCE-UC80678

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology