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About this work

This sketch shows a tall tomb design with a pointed top and a statue inside a niche. The statue looks like a woman in a long dress, holding a smaller figure. Below her, a child kneels with a dog at their feet. The drawing is in black and white, with some shading to show folds in the clothing and details on the tomb. One interesting thing is how the artist used simple lines and shading to make the figures look three-dimensional. The tomb’s shape is sharp and dramatic, which was common in memorial designs of the time. Look up Victoria and Albert Museum to see more drawings like this.