The folds of her cloak making her seem like a kneeling marble – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic drawing captures The folds of her cloak making her seem like a kneeling marble in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The folds of her cloak making her seem like a kneeling marble
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The title sets the tone: the artist compares a kneeling woman to carved marble, with the heavy folds of her cloak doing most of the work. That comparison points to a religious setting where a figure at prayer is held still and monumental, much as a sculpted saint would be. The drawing is in charcoal, a medium that suited the broad tonal masses of fabric, and it was printed as a magazine illustration, as was common in *Harper's* around 1910. Illustrations of this kind were reproduced in halftone for the page, so the soft, dark shadows in the original drawing would have reached readers in a simplified form.
| Medium | 1 drawing : charcoal. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Harper's magazine |
| Notes | [1910?] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,826 × 4,657 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219885 |
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