SKETCH OF CHARITY, FAITH, AND HOPE
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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.