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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
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
The woman peeling potatoes is seated upon a chair and turned toward left. Shown in profile slightly from the left rear.