Man with a Large Bow Tie
Meet the ultimate Victorian dandy, captured in a few swift strokes with a nose sharp enough to cut glass and a bow tie large enough to sail in. While Edward Henry Corbould built his reputation on serious, academic historical paintings, this loose caricature shows he had a sense of humor too. The sketchy, energetic lines suggest this was a quick observation of a character, perhaps a fashionable gentleman of the time, reminding us that even the most formal artists spent time doodling funny faces in their sketchbooks.
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