Sir Edward John Poynter, Bt, PRA, RWS, British 1836-1919- Study for a figure in ‘The Champion Swimmer’; black and white chalk on blue-grey paper, signed with the artist's monogram 'EJP' (lower right), 30.5 x 19.8 cm. Provenance: Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 26 September 1990, lot 373.; Where purchased by the present owner. Note: The present work is a preliminary study for Poynter’s magnificent canvas ‘The Champion Swimmer’, dating to 1914, and housed in the Wolverhampton Art Gallery [no.OP126]. In the finished painting, the female figure, who corresponds to the present work, appears slightly left of the centre of theposition, descending the staircase to the subterranean swimming-pool.Please refer to department for condition report