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Chalk Drawing - Chaucer at the Court of Edward III - Study of the Cardinal

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Basic Information

Accession Number:1906P780
Collection:Fine Art Prints and Drawings
Date:1847 - 1847

Maker Information

Artist:Ford Madox Brown - View biography for Ford Madox Brown

Notes

A drapery study for the cardinal in Ford Madox Brown's painting 'Chaucer at the Court of Edward III' (New Gallery of South Wales, Sydney). Brown has taken great care in copying the folds of the robe. This is the only part of the drawing which is highly finished and the figures hands and face are only suggested. This most likely means that Brown used a lay figure instead of a real person to model the costume. This would have been cheaper, Brown was very short of money at this point in his career, and would have kept the fabric completely still for Brown to copy.

Presented by Subscribers, 1906.

Further Information

Production Period:19th century
Medium:Black chalk on cream toned paper.
Material(s):Paper
Place of Origin:London, England

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Dimensions

Height:295 mm
Width:176 mm