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Study for "The Death of Major Peirson": Group of Dying French Officers

John Singleton Copley

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pencil sketch on light blue-green paper. Five figures drawn. Top left: one figure standing with arms out. Bottom left: one figure leaning on another. Center: two figures embracing, one with right arm around other's shoulder, other's right arm on first figure's shoulder. Right: one figure bending forward with arms out. Figures wearing 18th-century clothing. Rough edges on paper.

Artwork Details

Date
1782–83
Medium
Black chalk on light blue laid paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
600 × 374 px
Public Domain
Yes
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