Portrait of a Costumed Figure

Elihu Vedderca. 1885

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Bust-length figure of a girl, her head turned sharply to the right, bowed forward, supported by her left hand. A draped headdress covers her head. Inscribed and signed, lower left: "Study / by Elihu Vedder."

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Title: Portrait of a Costumed Figure
Creator: Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923
Date Created: ca. 1885
Location Created: USA
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/112451
Medium: Black crayon, white chalk, on buff paper
Credit line: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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