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Although this drawing depicts a young man in the finished work John Wycliffe (d.1384) is an elderly figure. The discrepancy between the man depicted here and the final figure reveals Brown's use of professional nude models to help him find the correct pose of a figure before adding clothes. The model for the nude drawing is likely to be a man named 'Garret' who Brown records in his diary as having posed for 'sketches of Wycliff' on 20 December 1847.LM

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

Makers

Association Artist Organisation
Artist Ford Madox Brown -

Exhibitions

Catalogue No. Venue Date(s)
Ford Madox Brown 1821-1893
56 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 1964 - 1964
 
The Biggest Draw
- Millennium Gallery, Sheffield 2004-09-15 - 2004-12-15
 
Ford Madox Brown: The Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite
13 Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery 2008-08-27 - 2008-12-14
 

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. 41
 
Ford Madox Brown 1821-1893
Mary Bennett 1964 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool p. 29
 
Ford Madox Brown: The Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite
Laura MacCulloch, Tessa Sidey 2008 D. Giles Limited, London p. 51, 70; repr. p. 46

Associated people

Name Type
John Wycliffe Depicted

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