Study of Hands of a Violin Player
Object Details
- Artist
- Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Shown are a violin held by a player and two details: the left hand with most of his arm and fore part of the violin. Two right hands in the pose of holding the bow; a left hand shown from above; a right hand holding something shown from the fingers; a right shoe, obliquely shown. The back part of the left shoe shown in profile. An account at upper edge.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw
- March 1878
- Accession Number
- 1912-16-4
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- figures
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Graphite, white crayon on rough grey paper
- Dimensions
- 49.7 × 38 cm (19 9/16 × 14 15/16 in.)
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1912-16-4
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b4de32b6-a596-43e2-8679-79fc331b502e
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