Roman Torso
Final Sketch for the day, Roman statue torso which is on display on the left as you enter the museum. Can’t really add anything to that as there was no information along with it. So I’m guessing
1) Statue had its head chopped off by a private collector and the body thrown on the heap
or
2) Usual Christian damage, statue from an uninteresting site and from a stock room filled with similar statues
Leeds Museum, certainly not the worst museum i have been to, and im sure its great if you are a kid. But i do feel that they have planned the space and exhibitions out very badly. Also there was a fair amount of unintentional dis information in the ancient exhibition. Which I reckon is down to trying to do an over enthusiastic approach to impress the rug rats rather that letting the exhibitions speak to themselves. Final rant, the display of Nesyamun is just lazy friday afternoon work. What should be one of the main attractions of the museum has been pushed into a pokey corner. Oh and the staff don’t seem very approachable for asking questions.
rant over
Anyway, spent a good 40 minutes on it and quite pleased with the result. Feels like my first proper sketch.
