DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Sketch of a Choirboy; verso: Crucifixion Sketches, for Boston Public Library

1893-1903

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite and charcoal on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 34.7 x 25.2 cm (13 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Provenance

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1931.

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