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Sketch for "Siege of Gibraltar", 1785–89. Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper.
Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper · 32.9 × 25.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Sketch for "Siege of Gibraltar"
- Artist
- John Singleton Copley American, 1738-1815
- Date
- 1785–89
- Medium
- Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper
- Dimensions
- 32.9 × 25.2 cm (13 × 9 15/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1738–1815
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.