Academic Studies and Landscapes.
DraftsmanDrawn by
Nelson Augustus Moore
(American, 1824 - 1902)
Date1847-1865
MediumDrawings; pencil, black chalk, and white chalk on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 3/4 x 10in. (22.2 x 25.4cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 12 15/16 x 10in. (32.9 x 25.4cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 12 15/16 x 10in. (32.9 x 25.4cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionDrawings include an academic study of a right hand holding a right foot; a shattered sculpture of a male nude torso seen from the rear; a landscape with a saltbox house, farm buildings, and a metal windmill; and a view of a lake with a Virginia split rail fence in the foreground and mountains in the background.
Object number2004.52.138-.141
NotesSubject Note: 2004.52.140 and 2004.52.141 appear to be student work and are typical of the kind of drawings nineteenth-century artists made in the course of their studies. (Finlay 7/27/2004)On View
Not on view
