Antique French Academic Male Portrait Study Charcoal Life Drawing eglantier Signed lower left Schubert and

Signed lower left Schubert and dated 1869

Spoons measure 3" length

Bearing maker's mark for silversmith Edouard Grillet

desk stamp and holder

Antique French Academic Male Portrait Study Charcoal Life Drawing eglantier Signed lower left Schubert andAntique 19th century French School charcoal drawing on paper. Academic study, student work, life drawing full length portrait of a muscular nude male, standing pose, frontal view. Unsigned. Measures 23 5 8" x 18 1 4". Unframed. In overall good antique condition for age and type, rough deckle edge. Drawing from live models was part of academic 19th century art training, still to this day, as well as a way that artists typically made preparatory studies