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The Prayer

c. 1860s

William Morris Hunt

Associated Names

William Morris Hunt

Artist, American, 1824 - 1879

There are two individuals partially visible in the image. The person on the left is seated from the waist up, with their head tilted upwards. The other individual is kneeling next to them. Both individuals wear loose-fitting light-colored clothing. The setting appears to be a dimly lit room with an arched alcove. Light streams in from the top right corner, illuminating the seated figure.

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Artwork overview

Medium

charcoal and chalk on blue-gray paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund)
Dimensions

sheet: 31.75 × 25.56 cm (12 1/2 × 10 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.746

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Victor D. Spark, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1951; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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Bibliography

1983

Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 39, no. 274.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: WMH [the artist's monogram]

Wikidata ID

Q64638743

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