Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2006.

Sheet of Studies for Home

Artist Sir Joseph Noel Paton (Scottish, 1821-1901)

CultureScottish

Dateca. 1855-56

MediumGraphite on paper

DimensionsOverall: 19 x 24 in. (48.3 x 61 cm)

InscribedOn verso: Scraps for Home

Credit LineGift of Ben Elwes, Fine Art, London

Object number2006.5.2

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DescriptionGraphite on paper. Preliminary sketches for the three figures in Sir Joseph Noel Paton's painting of _Home_, ca. 1855-56. The verso also contains a figurative composition unrelated to Home; it depicts a male figure kneeling over a female figure reclining on a bed.

ProvenancePrivate English collection; Ben Elwes, London, 2006; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, gift of Ben Elwes, Fine Art, London, 2006