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Walter Crane, R.W.S. (Liverpool 1845-1915 Horsham)
Walter Crane, R.W.S. (Liverpool 1845-1915 Horsham)
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Walter Crane, R.W.S. (Liverpool 1845-1915 Horsham)

Study of Endymion, for 'Diana and Endymion'

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Walter Crane, R.W.S. (Liverpool 1845-1915 Horsham)
Study of Endymion, for 'Diana and Endymion'
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on brown paper, unframed

10 7/8 x 14 1/8 in. (27.6 x 35.9 cm.); and William Edward Frost (London 1810-1877), Study of a female nude, inscribed '30th' (upper left), pen and brown ink, brown wash, 5 1/8 x 3¾ in. (12.8 x 8.7 cm.)
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Lot Essay

Crane's drawing is a study for the sleeping figure of Endymion in his painting, Diana and Endymion, which he executed while in Rome during the winter of 1882-3. The painting was exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in the summer of 1883 and is now in Dundee Art Gallery, Scotland.

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