Sepia Ink Study of St Sebastian and Three Further Figure Sketches

drawing height: 19 cm
drawing width: 13.5 cm
mount height: 40.7 cm
mount width: 55.7 cm

Sepia Ink Study of St Sebastian and Three Further Figure Sketches; on the left-hand side of the sheet a large full-length standing male nude (with drapery around the pelvis) tied to the tree with an arrow in his chest and another arrow above his head; in the top right corner a small study of an oriental profile of a bearded man in a turban (in sepia ink); below it a sepia anatomical study of the male male torso seen from the back (sketchy); in the bottom a rough pencil sketch of an indistinct figure; study of a standing nude male figure for a biblical subject, possibly intended for Watts' House of Life scheme