Anatomical Sketches of Heads and Facial Expressions

A sheet of graphite studies on gray-green paper arranged in a grid of small labeled drawings. Profile and frontal heads, necks, and an eye appear beside handwritten annotations and anatomical notes. The figures show varied expressions and skull outlines in fine, precise linework.

Artist

Frederic Edwin Church

Date

1877–80

Medium

Graphite on gray-green wove paper; verso: graphite

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2464 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum