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Drawing, Study of a Sparrow's Wing

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 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

9.6 × 16 cm (3 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "From Coues's Key to N.A. Birds–"; upper right: "[?] Surface of Sparrow's / Wing"; notations on wing structure throughout.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study of a Sparrow's Wing; Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849 - 1909); USA; graphite on paper; 9.6 × 16 cm (3 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.); 1914-38-215

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