Title: Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figure Astride Cannon Pulling Down Spanish Colors
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1785–86
Culture: American
Artist:  John Singleton Copley 
Artist bio: American, Boston, Massachusetts 1738–1815 London
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Artist
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
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Soldiers, term: Firearms