St Theophilus and the Angel - Study of a Mourner1863 – 1867 Accession number: 1904P181 Brown chalk over pencil on cream paper. Width: 152 mm Height: 311 mm InformationOne of a number of studies in Birmingham's collection for the mourners who carry St Dorothea in the watercolour entitled 'Theophilus and the Angel'. Two versions of the painting were made, one was destroyed in the second world war (1863), the other (c.1866) was sold at Sotheby's in 2008.This is a contour sketch in chalk, which subsequently has pencil hatching applied to give solidity and a sense of movement to the figure.
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