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Pencil drawing of a scowling older man with curly hair, chin resting on his clenched hand beside an ornate cane.

Pencil study of a scowling man, from Charles Bell's Essays on Expression

A pencil drawing on pale paper shows an older man with curly, thinning hair, scowling with a furrowed brow and narrowed eyes as he rests his chin on a clenched hand. His loose collar and shoulders dissolve into sketchy lines, and a slender cane with an ornate tip rises from below, shaded with soft hatching and dark accents.

Artist
Charles Bell
Date
1824
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3965 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1824.
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