Object Details
- Artist
- Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- At center, within a circular frame, a bust of a woman holding the head of a lyre with her right hand. The female figure is shown against an oblong narrow background framed by a moulding consisting of two outstretched female angels, their wings crossing at upper center. Below, the head of a putti and wings. Vegetal and floral motifs in the background, two series of rectangular framing lines.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw
- 1875–80
- Accession Number
- 1912-16-36
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- figures
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Black and brown crayon, charcoal on on off-white laid paper
- Dimensions
- 63.5 × 46.6 cm (25 × 18 3/8 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_1912-16-36
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq484e9e8dc-3cdb-4ea0-b19e-3c1f52aed563
