The image features multiple small illustrations of male figures depicted in various seated and standing positions with attention to detail in their postures. The figures are shown in casual poses, with some seated with legs crossed or reclined on their sides, and others standing with their backs partially turned. The facial features are simply drawn with minimal lines, with short hair and some wearing hats. They are dressed in loose-fitting, long-sleeved tops and pants, some barefoot. One figure is reclining on an inclined surface. In the background is a sketch of a sailing ship with sails…
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Eight Studies of Figures and a Ship at Sea

Claude-Joseph Vernet (French, 1714 - 1789)

Medium
pen and black ink with brown wash on greenish laid paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 13.4 x 21.2 cm (5 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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