Chaucer at the Court of Edward III - Nude Study of a Woman with right Arm raised
1847
Accession number: 1906P772
Pencil on paper.
Width: 192 mm
Height: 132 mm
Information
\sl240\slmult0This half-length nude with her head in profile to the right and her right arm raised is possibly related to outline sketches Brown made for the painting 'Chaucer at the Court of Edward III' (1851, oil on canvas, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney). There is no woman in this pose in any compositional studies or the final painting but the model is possibly same woman who appears in other outline sketches for the picture made in the same year on similar paper (1906P768, 1906P775 and 1906P776).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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford M Brown London/47 | ||||
| Signature and date | bottom right | Handwritten | 1847 | Brown ink. |
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. 34 |
| Ford Madox Brown: The Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite | |||
| Laura MacCulloch, Tessa Sidey | 2008 | D. Giles Limited, London | p. 65 |
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