Photography by Dwight Primiano
Study of a Left Foot
ArtistHoratio Greenough(1805-1852)
Dateca. 1830
MediumGraphite and chalk on brown paper
Dimensions21 1/2 x 23 7/8 x 2 in. (54.6 x 60.6 x 5.1 cm)
Inscription(s)recto, l.c.: a sketch by Horatio Greenough
recto, left margin, on support paper: this sketch was unintentionally
sent by Horatio Greenough to President Quincy Cambridge, from Rome round a packet
We acknowledged it was his where he saw it in Cambridge and remembered drawing it - ESQ [Eliza S. Quincy]
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2007.78
ClassificationDrawing
ProvenanceEliza S. Quincy [1798-1884]; by descent until 2003; John Driscoll, New York, NY; to (Babcock Galleries, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2007
On ViewYes
This artwork's face covers about 70× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.
