DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Hand Clasping a Knotted Rope, for Frieze of Angels, Boston Public Library

1893-1903

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: charcoal transfer

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28.3 × 22.9 cm (11 1/8 × 9 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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