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Cat. no. 113 Oure Ladye <strong>of</strong> Saturday Night: Study for Head <strong>of</strong> Virgin, 1847<br />

Black chalk with wash; 244 x 222 mm (s.)<br />

Insc. br.: FMB/47<br />

Lit.: Whitley, p. 37; Ford Madox Brown: The Un<strong>of</strong>ficial Pre-Raphaelite, p. 68<br />

Exh.: Arts & Crafts, 1896 (439 ?)<br />

Prov.: Charles Fairfax Murray<br />

Presented by Subscribers, 1906 (1906P676)<br />

This head study is for the central figure <strong>of</strong> the Virgin. She is shown wearing a veil and<br />

looking<br />

down. It is a detailed study for the Virgin's face and hair - her veil and clothes<br />

are barely drawn in. The drawing is a good example <strong>of</strong> the second stage <strong>of</strong> his working<br />

process in the years following his academic training. Once he had made rough sketches<br />

<strong>of</strong> the composition, and the figures in it, he focused on each individual figure and made<br />

detailed studies <strong>of</strong> their pose, clothes and facial expression. He <strong>of</strong>ten used paid models<br />

to<br />

sit for him but he also used friends, such as fellow artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and his<br />

own wife<br />

and children.<br />

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Cat. no.<br />

114 Parisina's Sleep: Study for Prince Azo and Parisina, 1842<br />

Black chalk with pencil side drawing; 415 x 418mm<br />

Insc. in pencil bl.: FMB/42<br />

Lit.: Whitley,<br />

p. 27; Newman and Watkinson, ill. pl. 19; Visions, p. 74, ill. fig. 16; Ford<br />

Madox<br />

Brown: The Un<strong>of</strong>ficial Pre-Raphaelite, p. 68<br />

Prov. : James Richardson Holliday<br />

Bequest<br />

<strong>of</strong> J.R. Holliday, 1927 (1927P355)<br />

Cat. no. 115 Parisina's Sleep: Study for Head <strong>of</strong> Prince Azo, 1842<br />

Black chalkwith grey wash; 432 x 310 mm<br />

Insc. bl.: FMB/42 Paris<br />

Lit.: Whitley, p. 26; Newman and Watkinson, ill. pl. 21; Ford Madox Brown: The<br />

Un<strong>of</strong>ficial Pre-Raphaelite, p. 68<br />

Prov.: Charles Fairfax Murray<br />

Presented by subscribers, 1906 (1906P716)<br />

Cat. no. 116 Parisina's Sleep: Study for the Head <strong>of</strong> Parisina, 1842<br />

Black<br />

and white chalk with grey wash; 320 x 299 mm<br />

Insc. br.: Ford M Brown 1842 (Paris)<br />

Lit.: Whitley, p. 27; Newman and Watkinson, ill. pl. 20; Ford Madox Brown: The<br />

Un<strong>of</strong>ficial Pre-Raphaelite, p. 68<br />

Exh.: Visions (2)<br />

Prov.: Charles Fairfax Murray<br />

Presented by Subscribers, 1906 (1906P717)<br />

265

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