The image displays abstract pencil sketches featuring circular shapes intersected by curving lines and scribbles. Some figures resemble musicians or figures seated on spherical bases. The arrangement of lines and curves adds a sense of flow and movement, with some figures overlapping with a tangled mass of pencil strokes.
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Studies for Jewelry Designs [recto]

Beatrix Godwin Whistler (British, 1857 - 1896)

late 19th century

Medium
graphite on an envelope of laid paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 11.8 × 9 cm (4 5/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
Culture
British
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions nudity. How works are placed

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