The image shows a person standing with their back turned, leaning forward over a table. They are wearing a long garment with folds, positioned their hands on the table's surface. The background is minimally detailed, hinting at an interior setting with a partial panel or partition visible on the left side.
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Old Woman Working

Augustin Théodule Ribot (French, 1823 - 1891)

c. 1860

Medium
pen and brown ink on cream wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 38.7 × 24.8 cm (15 1/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of Carol Horvitz
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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