1851
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Study of a standing female nude is a 1851 by William Mulready, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a woman standing sideways, her back to us. She’s nude, with one hand resting on her hip and the other loose at her side. The lines are light and quick, almost like a quick sketch—no heavy shading, just simple strokes to show her shape. The paper has measurements scribbled around her, like a draftsman’s notes. It looks like the artist was working out proportions, maybe for a bigger painting later. If you like this style, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A study of a standing female nude, rendered as a drawing and inscribed and dated 1851 by Mulready.
Read the full account in the museum source.
William Mulready was an Irish genre painter living in London. He is best known for his romanticising depictions of rural scenes, and for creating Mulready stationery letter sheets, issued at the same time as the Penny Black postage stamp.
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