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1942

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Drawing, Study of Right Hand for "Lesson of Charity"

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington. It is dated 1850 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is graphite, 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

31.2 x 48.2 cm (12 5/16 x 19 in.)

It is signed

Verso: Signed with initials in graphite, lower right: D.H.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: for Lesson of Charity; Verso: Hands altered in picture; for arms of Mercy / in repetition of Christiana

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study of Right Hand for "Lesson of Charity"; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); USA; graphite, white chalk on grey wove paper; 31.2 x 48.2 cm (12 5/16 x 19 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-112

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