The image shows a person in a full-body sketch, upright and slightly turned to the left. The person is facing sideways with their head slightly up. Their hair is styled in an updo, and they wear a long robe with voluminous sleeves and a possible cloak. The person is holding a branch in their left hand. Next to them is a large block or pedestal. The background is plain with light shading framing the figure.
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Study for "War and Peace"

Robert Walter Weir (American, 1803 - 1889)

c. 1836

Medium
pen and brown ink with wash on wove paper mounted to paperboard
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 30.48 × 22.38 cm (12 × 8 13/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund, 1950)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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