Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figure Astride Cannon Pulling Down Spanish Colors
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, white-chalk heightening, and graphite on blue laid paper
Dimensions: 14 x 8 1/4 in. (35.6 x 21 cm)
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1960
Accession year: 1960
Tags: Soldiers|Firearms