Study for "The Life Line"

1880

Medium: Charcoal, white chalk on cream wove paper, lined with muslin
Genre: Seascapes
Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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A firefighter faces right and holds an unconscious young girl in a gurney as he carries her to safety. The girl's head rolls back, her right arm hangs down limply and the other clutches a rope.

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