Study for 'John Knox dispensing the sacrament at Calder House', drawn on the back of the artist's list of Royal Academy Submissions 1839, leading with 'Sir David Baird drawing the body of Tippo Saib after his capture at Seringa Patam on 4th of May 1799'

David Wilkie, R.A. (Fife 1785-1841 Malta) Study for 'John Knox dispensing the sacrament at Calder House', drawn on the back of the artist's list of Royal Academy Submissions 1839, leading with 'Sir David Baird drawing the body of Tippo Saib after his capture at Seringa Patam on 4th of May 1799' with signature 'Sir D. Wilkie.' (lower left) pen and brown ink, with a partial Britannia watermark 6 1/8 x 7 ½ in. (5.6 x 19 cm.)