Chalk Compositional Study for 'Jacob and Esau' (1868)

drawing height: 32.1 cm
drawing width: 24 cm
mount height: 46.4 cm
mount width: 36.2 cm

Large Chalk Compositional Study for 'Jacob and Esau' (1868): with all frame lines indicated, with detailed tonal studies of the main two figures in the foreground in positions very close to the finished version; no background detail; group composition of two standing male figures for the biblical subject, possibly intended for Watts' House of Life scheme