Sadness, plate 13 from "Heads Representing the Various Passions of the

An engraved head of a woman draped in a veil, her eyes lowered and lips set in a downturned line, her hair falling in soft waves beside her face. Above her, the printed title SADNESS, and below, a block of engraved explanatory text describing the expression.

Look closer: A small engraved caption block of explanatory text runs along the bottom of the plate.

Artist

Anonymous, British, 18th century

Date

1765

Medium

Engraving with etching

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2422 × 3423 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953