Dead Soldier

A chalk and graphite study shows a soldier lying sprawled on the ground, arms flung outward and legs extended, wearing a military coat, belt and cap. Faint squared grid lines run across the gray-green paper, marking a transfer grid, while the figure's dark shading and loose, sketchy strokes give the body weight against the pale ground.

Artist

Ange-Louis Janet Lange

Date

19th century

Medium

Black, white chalk, graphite on gray-green paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3000 × 1757 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum