First Rough Sketch for 'Work' (Compositional Sketch for the Figures)

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Compositional drawing of a street scene. In the centre, men are working on the road, with figures passing by on the left, and other figures behind and on the right. A man leans on the railings on the right, the artist has tried him in both a bowler and a top hat. Two figures in the background are on horseback. On the left is another man in a top hat walking towards the viewer.

On the verso, a black chalk drawing of a hand with the index finger extended.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

First Rough Sketch for 'Work' (Compositional Sketch for the Figures)

Date

1856

Medium

pencil & chalk

Measurements

H 27.8 x W 39.7 cm

Accession number

1965.310

Acquisition method

purchased with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, 1965

Work type

Drawing

Signature/marks description

Unsigned. Inscribed FMB / 44. Inscribed on separate cartouche of paper: First rough sketch for / 'Work' Hampstead / 56.

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