Violet Girl
Medium
lithograph in black with tan stone tint on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 24.77 × 19.69 cm (9 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.) sheet: 38.26 × 31.12 cm (15 1/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Alice F. Williams)
Accession Number
2015.19.916
Art Historical Context
William Morris Hunt's "Violet Girl," created in 1857, offers a charming glimpse into mid-nineteenth-century American printmaking. Executed as a lithograph in black with a delicate tan stone tint on wove paper, the work measures just under ten inches in image size, giving it an intimate quality suited to personal contemplation. Hunt, an artist who bridged American and European traditions, used lithography's fluid lines and tonal possibilities to capture the quiet presence of his youthful subject. Lithography was then a relatively new reproductive medium that allowed artists to reach broader au...
About the Artist
William Morris Hunt · 1824–1879
American, Brattleboro, Vermont 1824–1879 Appledore, New Hampshire