Randolph Caldecott
1846-1886
Young Woman Looking at a Statue in a Church
7 x 4 3/8 inches (178 x 112 mm)
Pen and black ink on paper.
1986.2267:29
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
One of a group of 35 travel drawings, sketches, and studies evidently done by Caldecott during a tour or tours of the continent and elsewhere.
Title supplied by cataloger; attribution from Gordon Ray inventory.
Title supplied by cataloger; attribution from Gordon Ray inventory.
Summary
Drawing of a church interior showing a statue of a cardinal (?) saint standing on a pedestal, holding an archiepiscopal cross and wearing a wide brimmed pontifical hat; a young woman, fashionably dressed and portrayed from the back, gazes up at it from below.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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