Object Details
Designer
Alice Cordelia Morse, American, 1863–1961
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A woman in a black dress, with gold bands across her chest and a medallion at the center with the letters "AT," stands holding an open book with a gold cover. A crown of three gold flower blossoms appears on top of her red hair. Flanking the woman are two tall black torches with gold flames. Green scrolled vines are intertwined around the torches and overlap with the woman in the foreground. Above the woman is written in black text: OCCUPATION / OF WOMEN AND THEIR / COMPENSATION.
Credit Line
Gift of Alice C. Morse
Date
ca. 1899
Accession Number
2009-6-55
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
figures
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and gouache on greyish-brown paper, mounted on illustration board
Dimensions
Image: 25.6 × 17.5 cm (10 1/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 30.7 × 22.6 cm (12 1/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
made in
New York, NY, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2009-6-55