Title: An Old Woman Burning Papers
Object type: Drawing
Date: mid-18th–early 19th century
Artist:  Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard 
Artist bio: Danish, Copenhangen 1743–1809 Frederiksdal
Artist nationality: Danish
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk or graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 4 7/16 x 8 11/16 in. (11.2 x 22.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Charles and Jessie Price Gift, 2011
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Fire