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Drawing, Profile of a Woman with a Braided Knot

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated ca. 1845 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is black crayon and white chalk on grey wove paper. 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

31.8 × 41.8 cm (12 1/2 × 16 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed with initials in graphite, lower right: DH

Cite this object as

Drawing, Profile of a Woman with a Braided Knot; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); USA; black crayon and white chalk on grey wove paper; 31.8 × 41.8 cm (12 1/2 × 16 7/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-100

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