Chalk Study of the Figure of Workman for 'Dray Horses' also known as 'The Midday Rest'

drawing height: 40.5 cm
drawing width: 25.3 cm
frame height: 51 cm
frame width: 35.5 cm

Fine and Detailed Black Chalk Study of the Figure of Workman for 'Dray Horses' also known as 'The Midday Rest', highlighted in white chalk; showing the workman resting against the arm of the wagon in pose very close to the finished oil version of the subject from Watts Gallery collection; on the left back of one of the horses indicated; in the top right another slight study for the worker's arm and shoulder of a slightly larger scale than the full-length figure; study of a standing male figure with a horse (animal) for the subject of social critique