# Sketch for an Angel

- By: Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849–1909)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Given by H. A. Hammond Smith
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/20468)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/0f49b434b208970b057b1549ae6aba18.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.