Studies from the Antique: recto and verso

Studies from the Antique: recto and verso

Ford Madox Brown (1821 - 1893)

Date: 1843-1845
Dimensions:
585 x 445 mm
Medium: Crayon, and pen and pink on paper
Object number: GA0489
DescriptionThese studies are numbers 482-493 and are survivors of a set of 36 originally at the gallery. The remaining 14 were damaged beyond repair during the Second World War. The titles (taken from: Bennett, Mary. Ford Madox Brown: A Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press, 2010), are descriptive.
(Recto) Outline after the Resting Satyr (original, Capitoline Museum, Rome); slight sketch of old woman's head for Elizabeth at the Deathbed of the Countess of Nottingham.
(Verso) Detailed study of the Resting Satyr; sketch of seated man leaning on back of chair, asleep.