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Man Sleeping in a Rowboat (from Sketchbook)

Francis William Edmonds

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch on white paper of a man sleeping in a rowboat. The man is wearing a hat and lying on his back with his feet pointing to the right. His head is tilted back with his mouth open. He is wearing a collared shirt. The sketch is drawn in pencil with simple lines outlining the shapes of the man and the boat. The background of the sketch is plain white. The sketch is rectangular with a thin black border.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1838 and after
Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
600 × 490 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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