Artist:

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900  Search this

Medium:

Graphite on white wove paper

Dimensions:

18.3 × 11.9 cm (7 3/16 × 4 11/16 in.)

Type:

figures

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Date:

April 1845

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Figure sketch of an elderly woman in Hartford, Connecticut. Viewed in left profile, she wears a bonnet and glasses as she looks downward, or possibly with eyes closed. She could be gazing towards her lap or nodding off.

Credit Line:

Gift of Louis P. Church

Accession Number:

1917-4-1288

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e9ab3225-cea7-40c8-a4dc-962dbe201b8c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1917-4-1288