[Antique drawing, ca 1850] Reclining sailor with french sailor’s bonnet (leaf from a sketchbook), published ca 1850, 1 p.

Watercolour over black chalk on velin, 195 x 287 mm. Unsigned, preliminary sketch in charcoal on verso. Tipped onto thick ruled paper with double ruled border in ink, watercolour and gold. Some soiling and slightly frayed on right edge.