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1942

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2016

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Drawing, Drapery Study for Kneeling Figure in "Communion of the Sick"

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated 1846 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is graphite, white and brown chalk on off-white wove paper; verso: red chalk, 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

27.3 x 34.5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 9/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite with initials, lower right: DH

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite at lower right: Rome - /for Communion of Sick Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower left: for Piety and Folly / picture improvement Mr Pruyn Albany

Cite this object as

Drawing, Drapery Study for Kneeling Figure in "Communion of the Sick"; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); Italy; graphite, white and brown chalk on off-white wove paper; verso: red chalk, white chalk; 27.3 x 34.5 cm (10 3/4 x 13 9/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-322

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