Academic sketches framed offer a direct window into the rigorous training of past draughtsmen through preserved figure studies and portraits.
Sir Henry Alexander Wickham appears here as an explorer and bio-pirate, immortalised in graphite and ink alongside classical nudes and composers.
![Pen and Ink Sketch - Female Nudes by William Edward Frost [1810-1877]](https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/photosnew/dealer_kendallhouse/dealer_kendallhouse_full_1758970795762-8493507346.jpg)
