Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar"… by John Singleton Copley

Gridded graphite study of two male figures climbing upward on ropes, with numbered scale marks along the right edge.

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Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figures Scaling Floating Battery; Cannon, John Singleton Copley (1785-86), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.com

Why is this public domain? Released by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under CC0.

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This graphite drawing on gray paper shows two muscular male figures climbing upward, gripping ropes with raised arms. A faint grid overlays the sheet, and numbers from 17 to 33 are written along the right edge, with a handwritten note at the top.

Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date

1785-86

Medium

Black and red chalk on blue laid paper

Dimensions

44.5 × 33.7 cm

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

License

CC0

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