Portrait of Tom Sleeping, Woman Holding Two Children, Leaning Baby, Woman's Head (from Sketchbook) 1810 - 1820

Thomas Sully, a prominent American artist, created this sketchbook drawing around 1810-1820. The composition features a series of quick sketches including a sleeping boy, a woman holding two children, a woman leaning over a baby, and a woman's head. These studies, likely made for a larger artwork, showcase Sully's masterful use of line to capture the human form and offer a glimpse into the artist's creative process. The drawing, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is an intimate window into the world of a celebrated American painter.