drawing from the Ionides Album
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This is a sketch from the 1840s of a young woman. The artist used loose lines for her clothes and sharp hatching for her face. You can see her head in two views at once—three-quarters and straight-on. The Victoria and Albert Museum thinks the drawing might be by George Frederick Watts. A small “G” in the corner points to him too. Check out more of Watts’s work to see how his style changed over time.
