The image depicts a person in a three-quarters view position, balancing a round object on their head with both hands. The person has short, dark hair, basic facial features, and is wearing a loose-fitting long-sleeved shirt, pants, and boots. In the background, there is a lightly sketched second figure to the left and a gridded drawing paper marked with blue lines.
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Study for "Pêcheurs de la mer du Nord" (Study for "Fishermen of the North Sea")

Eugène Vail (American, 1857 - 1934)

c. 1893

Medium
charcoal, graphite, and colored pencil on laid paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 60.64 × 46.51 cm (23 7/8 × 18 5/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Eugene Vail, wife of the artist, 1948)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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