# A Village Square, in Realism

Walter Shirlaw drew this in 1875–80, aged 37. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

From the museum's label:

> A square is bordered at left and at the back by houses, at right by a garden wall. A tree is shown in the center. An oxcart and a plain wagon are near it.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

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## The work

- Date: 1875–80
- Medium: Graphite and black crayon on rough grey paper
- Dimensions: 22.5 × 38.3 cm (8 7/8 × 15 1/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1912-16-118
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Walter Shirlaw](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/walter-shirlaw), 1838–1909

2 works in the collection.

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