SIR DAVID WILKIE, R.A. (FIFE 1785-1841 AT SEA)
SIR DAVID WILKIE, R.A. (FIFE 1785-1841 AT SEA)
SIR DAVID WILKIE, R.A. (FIFE 1785-1841 AT SEA)
SIR DAVID WILKIE, R.A. (FIFE 1785-1841 AT SEA)
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SIR DAVID WILKIE, R.A. (FIFE 1785-1841 AT SEA)

Study of Hands (recto); Study of feet for 'Grace Before Meat' (verso)

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SIR DAVID WILKIE, R.A. (FIFE 1785-1841 AT SEA)
Study of Hands (recto); Study of feet for 'Grace Before Meat' (verso)
black, red and white chalk on buff oatmeal paper
8 ¾ x 11 ¾ in. (22.3 x 29.8 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This sensitively-rendered chalk study of a pair of hands opening a book has not been linked to any known painting by Wilkie, but the study of feet on the verso relates to a figure in Grace Before Meat, in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

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