Study for "After the Storming"

Study for "After the Storming"
Study for "After the Storming"

Study for "After the Storming"

Date1866
Artist (English painter, illustrator, and designer, 1833–1911)
MediumCharcoal and pastel on brown paper
Dimensionssheet: 11 1/2 × 16 1/8 in. (29.2 × 41 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. M. Hinchley
Object number1900-33
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn 1866 Shields suffered a nervous breakdown. He traveled to Sandgate in Kent to stay with friends. A military camp nearby inspired a number of compositions. This sketch relates to one of these works titled "After the Storming," depicting a wounded (and dying) drummer boy. According to the artist's biographer the subject was inspired when during a review, "a drummer boy fainted and a comrade brought water to him in his bugle."
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