SIR DAVID WILKIE (SCOTTISH 1785-1841) Warriors in combat Pen and brown ink 6.7 x 9.9cm (2 1/2 x 4in) Provenance: With Spink, London Lady Barbara Noble and thence by descent Christie's, London, British and Continental Watercolours, 28th September 2005 Private Collection UK This drawing is a fine example of what Wilkie's fellow student in Edinburgh, John Burnet, meant when he said [He] surpassed, and that from the first, all his companions in comprehending the character of whatever he was set to draw...[he required to know] what was the action, what was the sentiment.