The Hours

ca. 1800

Not on view

The three women in this sketch echo the Graces (nude females in Greek and Roman art often shown holding hands in a circle). Inscriptions on this sheet indicate that Shelley intended the figures here to represent the past, present and future, and he likely made the work as he prepared a minature for the Academy exhibition of 1801 where the figures appear clothed (see MMA 26.168.71).

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Title: The Hours
Artist: Samuel Shelley (British, London 1756–1808 London)
Date: ca. 1800
Medium: Pen and brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 in. (19.7 x 15.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of A.C. Detwiler, 1930
Object Number: 30.124
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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