Female nude leaning on a table

William Blake Richmond

c. 1880

Black and white chalks on brown paper

11 3/4 x 13 inches

Other studies for the painting The Wise and Foolish Virgins differ in several ways: the ankles are crossed, the figure's upper body is a shown at an angle, not flat, and upper torso turns slightly toward the viewer [GPL]

References

Newall, Christopher, and Guy Redmond. Master Drawings of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. London: Peter Nahum, 1987. Catalogue number 22.

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