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Sketches of Two Women, a Man Fighting a Beast, Two Furniture Fragments (from Sketchbook)

Thomas Sully

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gray sketch paper with rough, uneven edges. Five figures drawn with black pencil. Top left: A woman in a long dress with her hair up, holding a plate-like object. Top center: A man wrestling a large beast. Top right: A man on horseback, another man on foot, and another man or horse leg. Bottom: A man on all fours with his head down. Bottom right: A man in a long robe with his left hand raised. Two small furniture sketches bottom right corner. The background is a light gray color with darker gray spots.

Artwork Details

Date
1810–20
Medium
Ink, graphite on paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 472 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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