What medium is "Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar""?

Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar" is graphite with white chalk on blue-gray laid paper.

Is "Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar"" in the public domain?

Yes, Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar" is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar"

Q: When was "Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar"" created?

This artwork was created 1783-1786.

John Singleton Copley

1783-1786

Medium

graphite with white chalk on blue-gray laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 36.51 × 56.83 cm (14 3/8 × 22 3/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

Accession Number

2014.136.187

About the Artist

John Singleton Copley · 1738–1815

John Singleton Copley (1738–1815) was the greatest American painter of the colonial era and one of the finest portraitists in the English-speaking world. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was largely self-taught, learning from mezzotint reproductions of European paintings and from his stepfather Peter Pelham, an engraver. By his early twenties, Copley had established himself as Boston's leading po...

Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar"

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