Portrait of May Bright

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Martha S. Day
Subject
Cooper Union Art School
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vertical rectangle. Bust portrait, the sitter shown in right profile, and wearing a hair net. Inscribed (in pencil), upper left corner: May Bright / Dr. Edwin Bright's (Editor of Exam[iner]} / Daughter / Drawn from life."
ca. 1860
Accession Number
1962-94-17
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
portraits
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Charcoal and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions
H x W: 35.5 × 26.8 cm (14 in. × 10 9/16 in.)
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Record ID
chndm_1962-94-17
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq493814938-9643-4261-837e-628516cb4bf5
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