Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Sprawling Figures by John Singleton Copley

Pencil study of sprawling figures on pale paper, with a foreshortened central figure in the foreground.

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Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Sprawling Figures, John Singleton Copley (1785), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A loose pencil sketch on pale paper shows several sprawling and tumbling figures arranged across the sheet, with one central figure foreshortened in the foreground. The study is preliminary in character, with overlapping and unfinished contour lines.

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1785

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

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Drawings & Sketches