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Dolores
Dolores

Dolores

Artist (Oldham, England, 1824 - 1889)
After (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1817 - 1867)
Date1875
Mediummezzotint on paper
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPlate Size: 27 x 21.4cm (10 5/8 x 8 7/16in.)
Frame Size: Height: 37.6 cm, Width: 29.5 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1887 by Francis Edmond.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG005150
Other Titles
  • Head of a Spanish Woman
About MeA contemporary account describes how this was published by Messrs Pilgeram and Lefevre, one of 'a pair of oval-shaped engravings from the choicest works of the late John Phillip , R.A.. ...executed by Thomas Oldham Barlow in ...mixed mezzotint, ...The subjects are female heads, both painted in Spain, although only one has the usual dark complexion and eyes we associate with romantic Peninsular life, having in them a reminiscence of Moresco and the kingdom of Granada.' This one 'also Spanish, but of a higher social class and purer blood, has a certain resemblance to the heads of Greuze, as beautiful and more womanly. This picture, called Dolores, now reproduced with great effect, is one of the painter's most admired productions, having brought nearly a thousand pounds at the sale of Mr Burnett's pictures, although the size, the same as that of the present engraving, is something less than a foot in the longest dimension.'
[The Academy Nov 20 1875 p. 538].

More About Me
Barlow with his mezzotints helped popularise the work of artists like Millais and John Phillips: this was from one of Phillips' most admired paintings