DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Profile Portrait of an Old Woman

19th-20th century

Artists

Joseph Lindon SmithArtist

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

13.1 x 8.9 cm (5 3/16 x 3 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1919.

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