Bust of an old bearded Man, looking down, three quarters right Type:stretched canvas this little picture may have

this little picture may have formed part of a larger set of painted fronts for small drawers in a cabinet

Bequeathed by Montague Shearman

with idiosyncratic details of hybrid beasts added at a late stage

runs in two columns on each of the four sides of the prism list of the Sumerian and Akkadian rulers from 'before the Flood' and then from about 3200-1800 BC to King Sin-magir of Isin (1827-1817 BC)

The artist described this as 'a study of a magnificent curved staircase and balustrade

Bust of an old bearded Man, looking down, three quarters right Type:stretched canvas this little picture may havePresented by Chambers Hall, 1855.