Collection Highlights
Thoughts on African Colonization
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.E448.G24.1832
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Study of a Cast of the Head of the Medici Venus
Object Number:
1933.258
Date:
1842
Medium:
Black and white chalk and graphite on beige paper, mounted on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. ( 41.9 x 35.2 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: lower right: "Lucy M. Durand Woodman/1842"
inscribed: lower left: "Drawing which admitted/to the Antique School of Art"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Lucy M Durand / 1842"; at lower left: "Drawing which admitted / to the Antique School of Art"
Description:
Figure detail
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
