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Study of Hands for Elderly Woman in "Communion of the Sick"

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Study of two hands. Left hand, palm downwards on a flat surface. Right hand clasped over left wrist.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906
Date
1844–45
Credit Line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Medium
Graphite, black and white chalk on tan wove paper
Dimensions
28 x 32.8 cm (11 x 12 15/16 in.)
Type
figures
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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