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Sketch of Charity, Faith, and Hope
Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849–1909)
1880–95
- Medium
- Graphite on brown paper
- Classification
- Figures (representations)
- Dimensions
- 18 × 28.2 cm (7 1/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
- Culture
- USA
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Given by H. A. Hammond
- 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
Charity holds a baby in her lap, an angel kneels beside her. Faith gazes at the Cross she holds on her left knee. Hope, winged and holding the shaft of an anchor, stands in the center.