DrawingsBritish19th-20th century

Study for "The Birth of Venus"

19th-20th century

Artists

Charles Haslewood ShannonArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor, gouache, and colored chalk on gray paper

Culture

British

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

37.4 x 35.9 cm (14 3/4 x 14 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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