Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1856-1857
Object Number:
1857.11
Medium:
Oak
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Drawings
Madam S. and Sketch of George Washington
Object Number:
1953.250
Date:
1807-1822
Medium:
Graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. ( 10.5 x 12.1 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower center, brown ink: "Mde S..."
inscription: upper left, brown ink: "Gal W."
inscription: lower left: "Ma S..."
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
This is a profile full-length figure study of a seated woman sewing, with a dressing table at the rear. The sketch is inscribed in ink at the lower left: "Md S." At the upper left is pasted a small cut-out profile sketch of Washington, inscribed in ink at the bottom: Gal W. At the bottom is a separate profile sketch of a seated woman, inscribed in ink at the bottom: "Mde S..."
Credit Line:
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