Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Sprawling Figures
Object type: Drawing
Department: The American Wing
Culture: American
Artist: John Singleton Copley
Artist bio: American, Boston, Massachusetts 1738–1815 London
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1785–86
Medium: Black chalk on off-white laid paper
Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 20 11/16 in. (27 x 52.5 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, Louisa Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1960
Accession year: 1960