Sketch for "Siege of Gibraltar"

Provenance

Lord Aberdare (direct descendant of artist). Sold by Thomas Agnew, London, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, February 16, 1968.

Sketch for "Siege of Gibraltar"

John Singleton Copley

1785–89

Accession Number

149044

Medium

Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper

Dimensions

32.9 × 25.2 cm (13 × 9 15/16 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection