EDWARD POYNTER BT PRA RWS (BRITISH 1836–1919)
A figure study for the knuckle player in When the World was Young
with studio stamp (lower right)
black and white chalk on terracotta paper
35.6 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in)

Provenance:
Sale: Phillips, London, 15 April 1985, lot 52 (part)
With Julian Hartnoll, London, 1997 (where purchased by the present owner).

Literature:
C. Monkhouse, The Life and Art of Sir Edward John Poynter, Art Journal Easter Annual, London, 1897, p. 8