Two squatting figures, sketchbook page, The barely visible outlines of a vague sketch of two squatting figures have been heavily traced with a hard pencil lead. It was clearly done by an untrained hand, long after 1671, possibly with the aim of copying them onto another piece of paper. Page 93 from a sketchbook with 117 pages., draftsman (artist): Esaias Boursse, Sri Lanka, 1662 - after 1671, draftsman (artist), South Asia, paper, pencil, brush, height 148 mm x width 196 mm, squatting, crouching figure, overseas history, Colombo, Period, 1662 - 1670, A pale, textured background with faint pencil outlines of three seated figures viewed from the side and back, showing simple rounded heads and curved shoulders, one figure crouched with an arm extended toward a round, cushion-like shape on the ground, another figure slightly hunched nearby, and a larger, more rounded form behind them; the sketch lines are light and sketchy against the off-white, slightly aged paper.
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Two squatting figures, sketchbook page, The barely visible outlines of a vague sketch of two squatting figures have been heavily traced with a hard pencil lead. It was clearly done by an untrained hand, long after 1671, possibly with the aim of copying them onto another piece of paper. Page 93 from a sketchbook with 117 pages., draftsman (artist): Esaias Boursse, Sri Lanka, 1662 - after 1671, draftsman (artist), South Asia, paper, pencil, brush, height 148 mm x width 196 mm, squatting, crouching figure, overseas history, Colombo, Period, 1662 - 1670, A pale, textured background with faint pencil outlines of three seated figures viewed from the side and back, showing simple rounded heads and curved shoulders, one figure crouched with an arm extended toward a round, cushion-like shape on the ground, another figure slightly hunched nearby, and a larger, more rounded form behind them; the sketch lines are light and sketchy against the off-white, slightly aged paper.

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Two squatting figures sketchbook page barely visible outlines vague sketch two heavily traced hard pencil lead was done untrained hand long 1671 aim copying them another piece paper Page 93 sketchbook 117 pages draftsman artist Esaias Boursse Sri Lanka 1662 - South Asia pencil brush height 148 mm x width 196 mm crouching figure overseas history Colombo Period 1662 - 1670 pale textured background faint pencil outlines three seated figures viewed side back showing simple rounded heads curved shoulders figure crouched arm extended round cushion- shape ground another figure slightly hunched nearby larger rounded form them sketch lines light sketchy off-white aged paper

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