Attr. Benjamin Robert Haydon Chalk Study Of A Hand Holding A Scroll psyche inscribed and dated lower left

inscribed and dated lower left

Several versions of this portrait by Peters exist

Executed on thin wove card presented in original deep giltwood gesso frame with Lyre decorated corners

Century Spanish School Red Chalk Drawing

Attr. Benjamin Robert Haydon Chalk Study Of A Hand Holding A Scroll psyche inscribed and dated lower leftAttributable to Benjamin Robert Haydon 1786 1846. Black and white chalk drawing on blue grey wove paper. Study of a hand holding a scroll probably taken from a cast. A similar study by Haydon on buff paper is in the Royal Academy collection, number 02 404. 23. 9 by 18. 5 cms. Haydon better known for his failures rather than his successes is much maligned as an artist. He specialised in grand historical pictures, which were becoming unfashionable in