Illustration study for struggle scene for the book A Damsel Errant by Amelie Rives (Princess Troubetzkoy) (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1898)
Date
c. 1898Medium
Graphite on tracing paperCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
14 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.Description & Inscriptions
[above, left and below illustration in graphite]: [Excerpts, parts illegible:] Twas the hand of the old baron that I / now felt upon my throat …. I could neither / cry out nor defend myself / my arms slapped my / sides as he whirled me / to & fro ...; [verso in graphite]: I-37
