A c.1900 Continental School Pencil Study of a Nude Lady

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A c.1900 Continental School Pencil Study of a Nude LadyOrigin: Probably FrenchPeriod: Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900Height: 25Width: 20. 5Depth: 1. 25The fine pencil study of a nude lady, shown almost full length, with a shawl covering her lower abdomen, the subject looking downward, the whole entirely executed in pencil on thick archival paper and surviving from the zeniths of the nineteenth century and framed and glazed in an early twentieth century oak frame. The condition of the drawing is

but we get the feeling its decorative pull may just be too strong and it will remain in doors

Many believed that the splendour of Etty’s richly coloured canvases was designed to disguise his underlying preoccupation with titillating forms of bodily display

half in shadow

which is to be found graven on the Masonic Token of 1794

but they don’t appear to be causing any problems to stability

turned column and draught turned base with brass fitments

Height: 4”

For a similar example refer to Bernard D

and is typified by bright bold colours

But as he opened his mouth to say these foolish words he lost his hold on the stick

Whilst the work this piece would have seen could have been on the macabre side

the other in pea green

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