The image is a sketch of a young child's head and shoulders. The child is facing the viewer with a direct gaze. The sketch captures the child's facial features, including rounded cheeks, a small nose, slightly parted lips, and straight hair falling to shoulder length with bangs. The child appears to be wearing some type of garment, indicated by faint outlines around the shoulders. The background is minimal, focusing primarily on the child. No jewelry or objects are included in the sketch.
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Study for "Portrait of Esther Haydin"

Robert William Vonnoh (American, 1858 - 1933)

1886

Medium
graphite on wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
image (irregular): 9.21 × 11.43 cm (3 5/8 × 4 1/2 in.) ; sheet: 18.42 × 23.5 cm (7 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Bessie Potter Vonnoh Keyes, wife of the artist, 1955)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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