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Drawing, President Chester Alan Arthur, Study of Head

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington and sitter: Chester A. Arthur. It is dated November 21, 1884 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is graphite on buff wove paper verso: graphite, brown and white chalk. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

35 x 25.4 cm (13 3/4 x 10 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: The President Arthur / Nov 21. 84; additional color notes throughout

Cite this object as

Drawing, President Chester Alan Arthur, Study of Head; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); Sitter: Chester A. Arthur (1830 – 1886); USA; graphite on buff wove paper verso: graphite, brown and white chalk; 35 x 25.4 cm (13 3/4 x 10 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1056

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