A lady sleeping in an armchair.

Drawing, black and red chalk, pencil, heightened with white, 32 x 17 cm, thick brown paper, signed and dated at lower left "C. Hamburger 1851" (some foxing).

Under passe-partout.

Johann Conrad Hamburger was a German artist of the Romantic movement, mostly working in England and Holland. He was the court painter of William IV of England. He was known for his portraits and domestic genre scenes.