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Sketch for Gog and Magog - Falling Figure - Boston Public Library Murals

(American, 1856–1925)
1903–16
Medium/TechniqueCharcoal and white chalk on blue-gray paper
DimensionsSheet: 47.5 x 61.5 cm (18 11/16 x 24 3/16 in.)
Credit LineThe Sargent Collection—Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother, John Singer Sargent
Accession number28.535
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ClassificationsDrawings
Provenance1925, upon the artist's death, by inheritance to his sisters, Emily Sargent (b. 1857 - d. 1936) and Violet Sargent Ormond (b. 1870 - d. 1955); 1928, gift of Emily Sargent and Violet Ormond to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1928)