Design for a Lithograph, A Young Woman Standing on a Terrace
Medium
Drawing
Classification
Drawing
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Accession Number
1931-72-5
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Adolphe Mouilleron (182–1881), a artist active during the mid-19th century, this delicate drawing around 1850 as a preparatory design for a lithograph *A Young Woman Standing on a*. Housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, it captures a poised female figure in an elegant outdoor setting, evoking the refined leisure of the era. Mouilleron's work reflects the Romantic spirit of Second Empire France, where artists often depicted idealized scenes of beauty and daily life. As a drawing intended for lithography—a revolutionary printmaking technique popularized in the 19th century—this piece h...