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Drawing, Three Sketches of Female Nudes

This is a Drawing. It was created by Francis Augustus Lathrop. It is dated ca. 1895 and we acquired it in 1914. Its medium is graphite on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by H. A. Hammond Smith.

Its dimensions are

24.7 × 15.3 cm (9 3/4 × 6 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "Contemplation-"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Three Sketches of Female Nudes; Francis Augustus Lathrop (American, 1849 - 1909); USA; graphite on tracing paper; 24.7 × 15.3 cm (9 3/4 × 6 in.); 1914-38-175

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