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Sketch for an Angel
Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849–1909)
1880–95
- Medium
- Graphite on tracing paper
- Classification
- Figures (representations)
- Dimensions
- 17.3 × 23.8 cm (6 13/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- USA
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Given by H. A. Hammond Smith
- 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
Winged figure blowing a trumpet, which he supports with his extended right arm. The upper part of the body is shown. Rough sketch for a head at the bottom.
