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Pencil drawing of a bearded man in a hood and draped robe, hand raised to his mouth in thought, on cream paper.

Philosopher, pencil drawing by Gilbert Tompkins

A pencil drawing on cream paper shows a bearded man in a loose hooded head covering and layered, draped robe, his hand raised to his mouth in a pensive pose. Fine cross-hatched lines model the folds of the cloth and the face, and the figure stands against a plain paper field within a thin border.

Artist
Gilbert Tompkins
Date
1902
Medium
Pencil on cream paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
2503 × 3164 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1902).
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

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