STUDY OF WOMAN PEELING POTATOES
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Study of Woman Peeling Potatoes

Walter Shirlaw (American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909)

ca. 1875

Medium
Graphite with white heightening on light brown paper
Classification
Figures (representations)
Dimensions
26.9 × 19.1 cm (10 9/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Culture
USA
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), 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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About this work

The woman peeling potatoes is seated upon a chair and turned toward left. Shown in profile slightly from the left rear.