In a note on the verso of an early photograph of this drawing Moore has written 'drawing for group (life size) to be translated into stone'. Although no sculpture exists, an upright version of three draped figures (LH 268) was carved in 1947-48. Characteristic of Moore's drawing are the feet placed firmly upon the ground, a pose he associated with the frescoes of Piero della Francesca in the church of San Francesco at Arezzo.