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(From Sketchbook)

Thomas Sully

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch on gray paper. Four people sketched. Top left: woman with medium length wavy hair looking left. Bottom left: man with short hair and no shirt looking right. Right: man in old fashioned clothing with one hand on hip. Right center: partial sketch of a head. Right: a chair. Sketches are drawn with a black or dark brown colored pencil.

Artwork Details

Date
1810–20
Medium
Ink, wash, on paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
600 × 466 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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