Studies

Studies

Ford Madox Brown (1821 - 1893)

Date: 1843-1844
Dimensions:
450 x 600 mm
Medium: Black chalk on paper
Object number: GA0485
Description(Recto) Clenched right hand of grinning soldier supporting Harold's feet; right hand grasping staff and left (leaning on pommel), for William; right hand signalling with index fingure and left curved support, for helmeted soldier in right background holding his wounded companion; left hand with stretched out fingers for soldier at far right facing away; left hand with palm upwards for soldier supporting Harold's feet; right hand clasping staff, unidentified [soldlier behind William, holding flag].
(Verso) Nude study of the helmeted soldier and wounded companion; outline of his raised right arm; outlines of part of leg and foot with and without stockings, (?)for the old man behind soldier supporting Harold's feet.

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