# Studies of Hands

- By: Walter Shirlaw (American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/19246)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/d8ef899ff27362e397e2eee35b0377e2.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.