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One Standing Woman; Two Seated Women in Fashionable Attire, All 3/4 Length; Two Female Heads in Bonnets (from Sketchbook)

Thomas Sully

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a sketch of three women. One standing woman on the left side, wearing a dress with sleeves that fall below her elbows. She has her arms crossed. Two seated women are on the right side. They are wearing dresses with puffy sleeves. The seated woman on the right has a scarf around her neck. Two female heads wearing bonnets are sketched near the bottom and lower right. The background of the sketch is a plain gray color.

Artwork details

Date:
1810–20
Medium:
Ink, wash, on paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 474 px
Museum record:
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