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In 1846 Ford Madox Brown began the cartoon 'Oure Ladye of Saturday Night.' This drawing is a study for the arms of the angel holding a bowl of water and shows Brown's close atttention to detail. LM

  • Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1906.
  • © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

Makers

Association Artist Organisation
Artist Ford Madox Brown -

Inscriptions

Type Position(s) Method Date(s) Notes
Kensington / Ford M Brown/47
Signature and date bottom right Handwritten 1847 Brown ink
 

Exhibitions

Catalogue No. Venue Date(s)
Pre-Raphaelite Art from the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
4 Hong Kong Museum of Art 1984-10-19 - 1984-12-02
 

Literature

Author(s) Date(s) Publisher Pages
City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings
A E Whitley 1939 Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., Derby p. 38
 
Pre-Raphaelite Art from the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Richard B Lockett 1984 Urban Council p. 30; repr. p. 31
 
Ford Madox Brown: The Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite
Laura MacCulloch, Tessa Sidey 2008 D. Giles Limited, London p. 68

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