Portrait of a Woman with Black Hat
Philip William May
1884/1903
Medium
Colored crayon heightened with brush and white gouache, over graphite, on tan wove paper
Dimensions
30.3 × 22.8 cm (11 15/16 × 9 in.)
Classification
crayon
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47105
About the Artist
Philip William May · 1864–1903
Phil May (1864–1903) was a British caricaturist and illustrator celebrated for his brilliantly economical line drawings that influenced generations of cartoonists. Born in Wortley, Leeds, into modest circumstances, he received little formal training but demonstrated extraordinary natural talent for comic drawing from childhood. He worked for various provincial papers before moving to Australia in ...