Seated Woman

This sketch by American painter Daniel Huntington captures a woman in three-quarter view, seated with hands folded. The loose pen work defines her clothing—a jacket with decorative details and draped skirt—while her upswept hair and composed posture suggest a portrait study from life. Huntington, active throughout the nineteenth century, practiced rapid figure drawing as fundamental to academic training. Such sketches served as preparatory studies for larger compositions or demonstrations of the artist's ability to capture likeness and character in minimal strokes. The yellowed paper and gestural line quality reflect the working methods of studio practice during the Victorian era.