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Double-sided Drawing for Boston Public Library Murals
a.(Recto): Sorrowing Figure (Mourning Angel)
b.(Verso): Boy and Hand of Israel
Double-sided Drawing for Boston Public Library Murals a.(Recto): Sorrowing Figure (Mourning Angel) b.(Verso): Boy and Hand of Israel

Double-sided Drawing for Boston Public Library Murals
a.(Recto): Sorrowing Figure (Mourning Angel)
b.(Verso): Boy and Hand of Israel

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1903–16
Medium/Techniquea. (Recto): charcoal and white chalk b. (Verso): charcoal
DimensionsSheet: 61 x 47 cm (24 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession number28.543
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsRecto in graphite pencil: u.l.: 2.2.1 (Fox number) Verso in graphite pencil: l.r.: 2.2.1; Reverse also A3Provenance1925, upon the artist's death, by inheritance to his sisters, Emily Sargent (b. 1857 - d. 1936) and Violet Sargent Ormond (b. 1870 - d. 1955); 1928, gift of Emily Sargent and Violet Ormond to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1928)