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Sketchbook, page 90: Study of Horses, Profiles

Ernest Meissonier

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pencil sketch on paper, off-white with slight gray tint. Four horse heads and necks sketched lightly in pencil, profiles facing right. Horses' ears vary in position. Heads and necks are main focus; bodies mostly not drawn. Small smudges and faint pencil marks on page. Edges of paper slightly discolored and worn. Top edge has three small holes, possibly from binding. Sketch appears unfinished, on page 90 of a sketchbook.

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475 × 893 px
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