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Study for "The Death of Major Peirson": Two Dead Figures

John Singleton Copley

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Light green paper with darker green discoloration spots and horizontal lines. A pencil drawing of a man lying on his back on the bottom right. His head is tilted back, mouth open, and legs extended outward. He wears a jacket with lapels and cuffs, breeches, stockings, and shoes. A hat is on the ground beside his head. Above the drawing, illegible handwritten text and numbers are written in pencil. A horizontal line with numbers 1-7 is drawn across the top.

Artwork details

Date:
1782–83
Medium:
Black chalk and white-chalk heightening on light blue laid paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
599 × 341 px
Museum record:
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