Figure Study of Mercy for "Mercy's Dream"

Graphite and white chalk study on gray-blue paper shows a nude woman reclining on one arm, her other hand resting on her chest, head tilted up and gaze turned aside. Loose, soft contour lines suggest the figure in a preparatory sketch; a faint drapery shape trails across the background at right.

Artist

Daniel Huntington

Date

1857–58

Medium

Graphite and white chalk on gray-blue wove paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2888 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum