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Studies of Hands
Walter Shirlaw (American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909)
1875–80
- Medium
- Graphite and sepia on paper
- Classification
- Figures (representations)
- Dimensions
- 34.9 × 23.1 cm (13 3/4 × 9 1/8 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
Left: two left hands shown from above. Right: above, the head of a man shown obliquely from left rear with hands on back of neck; below: a right hand pushing the head of a man forward, or tussling a child's hair.
