Venus (Design for a Wall Painting)
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: A circular medallion. Venus is shown in profile seated upon clouds and holding a bowl on the rim of which a dove sits. Another dove flies beside the head of the goddess.
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: 1912-16-29
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Charcoal and oil paint, surrounded by gold on grey paper
label: Dimensions
content: 47.8 × 63 cm (18 13/16 × 24 13/16 in.)