This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

See more objects with the color antiquewhite grey or see all the colors for this object.

Object Timeline

1942

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Study for "Mercy's Dream"

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated ca. 1857–58 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is pen and black ink, white chalk on gray-blue 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

37.8 x 54.6 cm (14 7/8 x 21 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: for Mercys Dream

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for "Mercy's Dream"; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); USA; pen and black ink, white chalk on gray-blue wove paper ; 37.8 x 54.6 cm (14 7/8 x 21 1/2 in.) ; Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-45

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18566539/ |title=Drawing, Study for "Mercy's Dream" |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=7 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>