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George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) is considered to be one of the Victorianeras greatest painters. Yet his drawings which served as the preparatory designs for his paintings and, in some cases, the final products of his creative efforts have been the subject of surprisingly little scholarship. Watts Gallery holds the largest collection of Watts's works on paper, comprising approx-imately 800 studies, sketches, copies, and finished artworks that span Watts's entire artistic career. These range from remarkable copies of engravings madewhen he was a mere ten years old to figurative sketches drawn up to two months before his death in 1904 at the age of 87. Representing the most complete record of his development as an artist, Watts's drawings offer unequalled insight into his techniques, compositional decisions, and working processes. His studies provide an uncensored record of his thought process, and reveal the choices and changes he made as he developed some of his most celebrated works. This book is the first in depth study of Watts's drawings.

Art, Victorian. --- Art, British --- Drawing --- Drawing, British --- Art victorien --- Art britannique --- Dessin --- Dessin britannique --- Watts, George Frederick,