Study for Facing the Enemy (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Francis William Edmonds (American, Hudson, New York 1806–1863 Bronxville, New York)
Date: ca. 1845
Medium: Graphite on white wove paper
Dimensions: 6 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. (17.5 x 16.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: The American Wing
Credit line: Gift of James C. McGuire, 1926
Accession no.: 26.216.9

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