# Studies of Hands and Figures

- By: Walter Shirlaw (American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909)
- Date: ca. 1880
- Medium: Graphite on paper
- Classification: Figures (representations)
- Dimensions: 43 × 24 cm (16 15/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
- Culture: USA
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/19245)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/6ee2a5e546d68b4f6b2391cabfb10c0a.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.