DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Blank page; verso: Study for Handmaiden of the Lord, Boston Public Library

1895-1916

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

Verso is drawn with vertical orientation.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11.5 x 18.4 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)

Provenance

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937.

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