Study for 'David': Hand

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'David': Hand
Date: c.1863-68
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 6.3 x 13.4 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0483
Inscriptions: Inscribed on reverse, upper right "30" in blue biro, crossed out in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower right "33" in pencil, crossed out in pencil.

Description

Study for the left hand of David in the painting 'David' (c.1865, private collection). Part of the sleeve is also indicated. 

Provenance

Acquired by Leighton House Museum before 1926 

Bibliography

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.156 (listed under catalogue number 116) 

Exhibition history

• 21 October 1987 to 29 November 1987, 'Lord Leighton's King David', The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio