Study for "Gil Blas and the Archbishop" (from Sketchbook of Figure and Landscape Subjects)

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. 1839
Medium: Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (16.8 x 21 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: The American Wing
Credit line: Sheila and Richard J. Schwartz Fund, 1987
Accession no.: 1987.196.3d

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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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