Head of a Zulu
Head of a Zulu
Record No
11645
Title
Head of a Zulu
Description
"Head of a Zulu" by Constance Wood. Wood was a little-known amateur artist who won the Queen’s Scholarship award in 1881 for this detailed, evocative watercolour, when she was aged 20. The sitter is unidentified, but he was probably a model for various painters at a time when Black people were becoming increasingly represented in British art. It is possible that he was at Queen Victoria’s court as a result of the visit of the Zulu leader King Cetshwayo in 1882. Cetshwayo was the leader of the Zulu people and Kingdom during the Anglo-Zulu War (1879).
Date of execution
1881
Section
Guildhall Art Gallery
Collection
Permanent Collection
Artist
Wood, Constance (fl.1880)
Notes
Acquired: Presented to the Freeman's School / Source: The artist's daughter, Miss Collingridge / Received: 1959
Medium
watercolour
Support
paper
Longest dimension
49cms
Shortest dimension
38cms
Picture type
portrait
Accession No
1575
Subjects
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