Studies of the Bones of a Knee and Male Figures

Drawing details

Title: Studies of the Bones of a Knee and Male Figures
Date: c.1845
Media: Pencil and watercolour on white paper
Dimensions: 13.2 x 21.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/1135 p.13
Inscriptions: The drawing of the knee joint is inscribed the "front", "nside", and "back" and the drawing of the arm is inscribed "the elbow" in the artist's hand.

Description

Page from a sketchbook. Three sketches of a knee joint each coloured with a beige wash, an arm and a small sketch of a male clothed figure. 

Provenance

Collection of Coghlan Briscoe; presented to Leighton House Museum by Briscoe in 1930 

Related Paintings/Projects

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