Studies of Female Figures

• enlarge drawing

Drawing details

Title: Studies of Female Figures
Date: c.1872-73
Media: Silverpoint on paper
Dimensions: 7.2 x 12.3 cm
Location: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Picture credit: Courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Reference number: 1946.35.18 verso
Inscriptions: Inscribed "2 hds V. [illegible]" in silverpoint, in the artist's hand.

Description

Page from a sketchbook. Studies of women carrying baskets on their backs. 

Provenance

Purchased by the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, from Geoffrey Steele (antiquarian bookseller, c.1907-2000) from his bookshop at RFD 1, Mahopac, New York, in 1946 for $6.00.