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Grid of thirteen small pencil landscape sketches showing ships, shorelines, trees and water, with handwritten notes in the margin.

Thirteen Landscape Studies, Graphite Sketches on Paper

A sheet of thirteen small graphite sketches arranged in a grid, each framed by a rectangle. The vignettes show shorelines, sailing ships, distant hills, trees and reflective water, with handwritten notes in the margin. The compositions explore horizon placement and recession in landscape.

Artist
Leon Dabo
Date
1890
Medium
Graphite on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
1573 × 2508 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1890).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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