Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figure Reaching; Sprawling Figures; Cheering Group; Dying Sailors
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 and white-chalk heightening on light blue laid paper
Dimensions: 14 5/8 x 23 in. (37.1 x 58.4 cm)
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1960
Accession year: 1960
Tags: Men