Study for Prayer for Death in the Desert

• Artist: Elihu Vedder
• Medium: Charcoal, white chalk, pastel, and black crayon on gray-green, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper.
• Dates: ca. 1867
• Dimensions: 12 5/16 x 17 7/16 in. (31.3 x 44.3 cm)
• Signature: Signed in graphite lower right: "E. V."
• Inscriptions: Very faint inscription (appears erased) at lower left: “[?] Mort[e?]”
• Collection: American Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 2N12, L311
• Accession Number: L81.62
• Image: L81.62_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2010