Title: Nun Standing, Reading a Book (from Cropsey Album)
Object type: Drawing
Culture: American
Artist:  Benno Friedrich Toermer 
Artist bio: 1804–1859
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 7 x 5 5/16 in. (17.8 x 13.5 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, Charles and Anita Blatt Gift, 1970
Geography: Made in    Germany      
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Books, term: Women, term: Reading