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Major General Horatio Gates

John Trumbull

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image is a black and white sketch of a man's head and shoulders. The man has short, thinning hair. He is facing to the right. The sketch is on a piece of paper with a few dark spots and a horizontal crease. The paper is rectangular and has a rough texture. In the bottom-right corner, there is some cursive writing that reads "Maj. Genl. Horatio Gates New York Decr 8 1790". The background of the image is plain white.

Artwork details

Date:
1790
Medium:
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
504 × 625 px
Museum record:
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