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Drawing, Study for Bust of the Madonna

This is a Drawing. It was created by Francis Augustus Lathrop. It is dated ca. 1895 and we acquired it in 1914. Its medium is graphite on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by H. A. Hammond Smith.

Its dimensions are

19 × 14.1 cm (7 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, upper right (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "62 - hood / face" [possibly "head" rather than "hood"]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for Bust of the Madonna; Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849 - 1909); USA; graphite on tracing paper; 19 × 14.1 cm (7 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.); 1914-38-134

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