Studies

Studies

Ford Madox Brown (1821 - 1893)

Date: 1843-1844
Dimensions:
438 x 578 mm
Medium: Black chalk on paper
Object number: GA0488
Description(Recto) Profile head of man, probably for man behind Harold grinning up at William; large hand of the dead Harold, clasping shaft (of battleaxe); left hand with outstretched fingers, (?)for soldier at far right looking away; slight outline of head and left arm of a man.
(Verso) Nude study of soldier lying across foreground; his left hand (lying on shield) and (?) his right hand.

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