Cartoon for the navvy holding his emby hod and drinking beer from a tankard for 'WORK'

Summary

Double sided study of a workman drinking beer. The man tips his head backwards as he drinks his beer from a large flask in his left hand. His right hand grips a wooden brick carrier. He is dressed in a loose tunic with a neck-tie and a scarf tied around his head. The verso drawing is in red chalk.

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70 Cartoon for the navvy drinking beer probably late 1850s Black chalk on paper Brown must have cut this out from a larger drawing. The lines are drawn more thickly on the back to enable him to transfer the outline to the canvas. Brown was probably working from a real model, although he may have been inspired by an engraving by William Hogarth, Beer Street, which features a similar man drinking from a tankard. Manchester City Galleries