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Study a seated female (recto) and knotted draperies (verso)
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Study of a seated female in black and white pastel on brown paper. Similar attention to detail on both body and clothes. Knotted drapery on other side.
Study of a seated female in draped clothing
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Black and white pastel on brown paper. Rather elongated right thigh. Two lighter sketches of drapery on the right hand side of the piece. Light white sketches on the back. Landscape format.
Study of a standing female
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Black and white pastel on brown paper. Focus is on clothing, but left hand is also detailed. Right arm raised slightly above the head
Study of a seated female associated with ‘St.Christina Giving Her Father’s Jewels to the Poor’
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Black and white pastel on brown paper. Left arm goes off the page. Shin downwards unfinished. Headscarf covers her neck and face and is tied in a knot.
Study of two standing females
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Black and white pastel on brown paper. Both females in same position, without a head. One nude and one clothed. Clothes gathered around waist and bust. Focus is on the clothing. Landscape format.
Study of a standing nude male
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Pencil drawing of standing male nude. On brown paper. Focus is on line, no attempt at tone. ‘July 23’ written in bottom right corner. Male clasping hands and looking away from viewer. Mould spores.
Study of a seated clothed female associated with ‘Realities’
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Black and white pastel on brown paper. Landscape format. Female on right hand side of page. Hands and feet unattempted. Arms raised. Face minimal detail. Focus is on clothing. Water damage across the top of the page-splotches.
Study of a kneeling female nude
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Black and white pastel on brown paper. Little white pastel used, mainly grey tones. Kneeling female nude with black outline. Hands unattempted and height is around shoulder level.
Study of draped female figure for ‘The Thorny Path’
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Study by Evelyn De Morgan of a draped female figure in preparation for her oil painting ‘The Thorny Path’. Clothed woman standing with a long headscarf. Black and white pastel on brown paper. Inscription on rear. The oil painting ‘The Thorny Path’ is in the permanent collection of the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. It was purchased by the collection’s founder, Mrs. Ada Susan Tatham, wife of the Judge President of Natal, when she visited Britain in 1904.
Study of two seated females associated with ‘St. Christina Giving her Father’s Jewels to the Poor’
Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn
Study by Evelyn De Morgan of two seated females in preparation for her oil painting ‘St. Christina Giving her Father’s Jewels to the Poor’. Both females in same position. One is nude, the other fully clothed seated on a chair. Sheet in landscape orientation. Black and white pastel on brown paper. Watermark on rear.
