Studies

Studies

Ford Madox Brown (1821 - 1893)

Date: 1843-1844
Dimensions:
750 x 545 mm
Medium: Black chalk on paper
Object number: GA0482
Description(Recto) Head of soldier holding up Harold's feet; head of a man behind Harold, grinning at William; head of old man next to soldier.
(Verso) Nude study of seated man, resring head on clasped hands, his hair blowing across his forehead, perhaps a study for Adam in the cartoon of Adam and Eve.

482-493. Studies are survivors of a set of 36 originally at the gallery. The remaining 14 were damaged beyond repair during 1939-45 war