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The image is a drawing of a person in profile, seated and facing right. The individual has short hair, a small nose, and a smooth face. They wear a garment with a high collar and lapel, possibly a coat, with a hint of a scarf around the neck. The background is plain.
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The image is a drawing of a person in profile, seated and facing right. The individual has short hair, a small nose, and a smooth face. They wear a garment with a high collar and lapel, possibly a coat, with a hint of a scarf around the neck. The background is plain.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Bernhard's Whooping Cough Face

Gerhard Wilhelm von Reutern

Date
mid to late 1820s
Medium
pen and gray ink on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 16.1 x 9.1 cm (6 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2009.70.196
Credit line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Costume
  • Portrait
  • Face
  • Man
Provenance

(Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, by 1978). (Sven H. A. Bruntjen, Woodside, CA); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Inscription

by artist, upper right in pen and gray ink: d 19ten N.U.M./u 22-; by artist, across bottom in pen and gray ink: Bernhards Keuchhustens Gesicht; by unknown hand, upper left verso in graphite: 4; by unknown hand, bottom center verso in graphite: 82

NGA object ID 143859. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.