Flight into Egypt (figure study)

Faint pencil outlines on yellowed tracing paper show a seated woman cradling a child on a donkey, with a man walking beside them at left. Sparse landscape lines and a radiating sun appear at lower left, and the sheet has torn, irregular edges.

Artist

William Page

Date

ca. 1857-1859

Medium

pencil on tracing paper

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2316 × 1342 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum