Study for Electricity as Applied to Commerce, 1892

A seated female figure in draped classical dress leans forward, one arm raised to her head, on a pedestal above a fan-shaped spandrel outline. Fine graphite and black chalk lines show grid marks, underdrawing, and handwritten notes across the off-white paper.

Artist

J. Carroll Beckwith

Date

1892

Medium

Black chalk, graphite on off-white laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3064 × 4000 px

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