Large Chalk Study of the Figure of Messenger for the oil painting 'The Messenger' ; study of a draped, standing female figure with an infant

drawing height: 169 cm
drawing width: 92 cm
frame height: 192 cm
frame width: 115 cm

Large Chalk Study of the Figure of Messenger for the oil painting 'The Messenger': detailed three-quarter figure with baby finished to a high degree of detail in black chalk highlighted in white on grey paper; most likely of the scale of the finished oil painting and in a pose very close to the finished work (left hand splayed around the baby, right hand index finger pointing down)