Antique French School Academic Study Male Portrait Charcoal Life Drawing diamond Measures 9" length x 1

Measures 9" length x 1 5/8" width x 1/4" deep

he holds a pewter tankard resting on his knee

All done in raised relief

Measures 3 5/8" length

The corpus measures 8 5/8" height x 7 1/4" across hand to hand

Antique French School Academic Study Male Portrait Charcoal Life Drawing diamond Measures 9" length x 1Antique 19th century French School charcoal drawing on paper. Academic study, student work, life drawing full length portrait of a muscular nude male in side view standing pose. Signed to the left, 'Aulet' or 'Oulet'. Measures 23" x 17 1 2". Unframed. In overall good antique condition for age and type, rough deckle edge. Some side creases and folded edges. Drawing from live models was part of academic 19th century art training, still to this day, as