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Artist Sketching at Stony Brook, New York (from McGuire Scrapbook)

William Sidney Mount

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch of a man sitting on a stump. The man faces away from the viewer and wears a top hat; a coat with tails; and pants. He holds an object near his lap. The man sits on the left. There are grasses and shrubs in the foreground. A tree and brush are in the middle ground. There are more trees and a horizon line in the background. The image is rectangular with a thin black border. The corners of the image are slightly darker. The signature in cursive is near the bottom right. A location is written in cursive near the bottom left.

Artwork Details

Date
1840
Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
600 × 433 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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