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1942

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2015

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Drawing, Study for "Communion of the Sick"

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated 1844–45 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is graphite, white chalk on brown 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

25.7 x 35.5 cm (10 1/8 x 14 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is signed

Signed in graphite with initials, upper right: DH

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: Rome / Communion of Sick Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower left: J.C. Hooker sat for this

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for "Communion of the Sick"; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); USA; graphite, white chalk on brown wove paper; 25.7 x 35.5 cm (10 1/8 x 14 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-121

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