There is a drawing of a seated individual facing left with a slightly tilted head, one knee bent upwards. The upper body and arms of the figure are visible, with a profile face showing delicate features and hair styled back neatly. The person is minimally draped with loose fabric around the lower body, and the torso and arms are bare. In the background, there are faint outlines of an abstract form at the top left and a sketch of a hand at the right, with the rest of the backdrop mostly plain.
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Nude Study

William Perkins Babcock (American, 1826 - 1899)

1860s-1870s

Medium
charcoal on wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 23.5 × 32.07 cm (9 1/4 × 12 5/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund, 1951)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions nudity. How works are placed

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