Woman with Lyre
date: label: Date
content: 1875–80
name: label: Artist
content: Walter Shirlaw, American, b. Scotland, 1838–1909
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At center, within a circular frame, a bust of a woman holding the head of a lyre with her right hand. The female figure is shown against an oblong narrow background framed by a moulding consisting of two outstretched female angels, their wings crossing at upper center. Below, the head of a putti and wings. Vegetal and floral motifs in the background, two series of rectangular framing lines.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1912-16-36
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black and brown crayon, charcoal on on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 63.5 × 46.6 cm (25 × 18 3/8 in.)