DrawingsAmerican19th century
Mercury, after the Antique
1869
Artists
John Singer SargentArtist
Description
A profile head has been drawn and then erased from the recto.
Dimensions
15.2 x 24.2 cm (6 x 9 1/2 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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