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Factories on the Shoreline (from Sketchbook)

John William Casilear

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch of a shoreline with factories. The image is a simple pencil drawing on paper that appears slightly gray. A large body of water fills the bottom half of the image. A shoreline with several dark smokestacks and light colored rectangular buildings spans the center of the image horizontally. The sky above the shoreline is blank with no details. The paper is speckled with dark spots and has a dark border around the edges.

Artwork details

Date:
1834, 1838
Medium:
Graphite on wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
599 × 505 px
Museum record:
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