Item Edwards MSS 2.3.32 - Greek male torso; Greek female head

1 page

Two drawings:

• left: pencil sketch of statue of man.
  • [on drawing] 'Archaic Greek torso (male figure) showing extreme development of muscles.' (pencil note)
• right: ink drawing of Greek head.
  • [on drawing] 'This is a rude attempt at a female figure - the "wings" are arms. Archaic Greek head female - circa B. C. 600. curls represented by [drawing of curls] + tresses as ropes. The eye, though face is profile, is always given as in full face - as in Egyptian paintings' (ink notes)

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford