Rear View of a Skeleton
Medium
graphite and chalk on wove paper laid down to board
Dimensions
image (irregular): 42.39 × 36.04 cm (16 11/16 × 14 3/16 in.) sheet: 48.9 × 32.07 cm (19 1/4 × 12 5/8 in.) board: 32.07 cm (12 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund)
Accession Number
2015.19.2483
About the Artist
Daniel Huntington · 1816–1906
Daniel Huntington (1816–1906) was born into a prominent New York family on October 4, 1816, descending from distinguished New England lineage. His early education began at age fourteen at Smith's Academy in New Haven, followed by Yale College, where he studied with Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor, artist, and president of the National Academy of Design, in 1835. After a disciplinary incident invo...