STUDY FOR AN ANGEL
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Study for an Angel

Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849–1909)

1880–95

Medium
Brush and brown watercolor, graphite on brown paper
Classification
Figures (representations)
Dimensions
24.6 × 18.3 cm (9 11/16 × 7 3/16 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

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About this work

Winged figure shown from feet, on clouds, recumbent and sleeping. The wind blows the drapery upward.