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Studies of Hands and Figures
Walter Shirlaw (American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909)
ca. 1880
- Medium
- Graphite on paper
- Classification
- Figures (representations)
- Dimensions
- 43 × 24 cm (16 15/16 × 9 7/16 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
Above: a figure--possibly a Native American man--is shown in profile, kneeling and leaning upon both hands, the right one raised. The right hand is shown twice, isolated, and the left hand once. Center: details of a sleeping man, the face shown from the chin, the legs shown from the shoes, and the raised forearm shown twice. Below: a raised right hand pointing, shown in profile.
