| Object Number: | D_EDM_0219 | |
| Date: | 1875 | |
| Category: | Cannon Hall, Drawings, and Paper | |
| Material: | Paper | |
| Inscriptions: | Label back of frame: 'EDeM Drawing from the antique, two male figures wrestling, c.1874 pencil, charcoal and pastel on paper. Collection of the De Morgan Foundation' |
Tonal study in charcoal and graphite on cream wove paper. The Slade was one of the first Schools of Art to allow women artists to study anatomy and life drawing. This detailed drawing from a cast of the original marble from the 3rd Century BC in the Uffizi Gallery, shows the influence of the Greek ideal of beauty on Evelyns classical training.