Male: Sketch of a Man reclining on Steps with his Hands bound together1844 Accession number: 1906P724 Brown pen and ink over pencil on paper. Width: 225 mm Height: 242 mm InformationMary Bennett considers this sketch to be related to the figure of Wisdom from the cartoon The Spirit of Justice (Ford Madox Brown: The Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite, p. 67). The date would certainly be appropriate but no figure in that design resembles this man reclining on steps. The medium and subject matter of a naked, captive man show Brown's interest in the Romatic depiction of prisoners which was popularised in England by Fuseli and his circle, and later in France by Delaxcroix.LM
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