Study for "After the Storming"
Date1866
Artist
Frederic James Shields
(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 viewClassificationsDRAWING
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."
Frederic James Shields
not dated
