Antique British Pastel and Chalk Study – Animal Sketches on Brown Paper (c1900) 1950s cameo vase and their antique silver remains

and their antique silver remains highly prized

This is a wooden form used by a shoe maker to repeat make an identical leather shoe or boot

dating from around the 1950s–1970s

Body colour therefore refers to either tubes of gouache or the finished effect of opacity on a picture

suggesting an active and consistent period of work in the late 1940s–1950s

Antique British Pastel and Chalk Study – Animal Sketches on Brown Paper (c1900) 1950s cameo vase and their antique silver remainsA finely observed pair of animal studies attributed to Arthur Wardle (18641949), executed in pastel and chalk on brown paper. Wardle was one of Britains most respected animal painters of the late 19th and early 20th century, known for his sensitive handling of anatomy and expressive draughtsmanship. This sheet presents two working studies: a Nubian style goat, rendered with warm ochre and white highlights, and a complementary chalk study of a turkey