Study for 'Helen of Troy': Female Figures

Study for 'Helen of Troy': Female Figures

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Helen of Troy': Female Figures
Date: c.1864
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 29.2 x 44.3 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0485
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "The Studies for Helen going to the Scaean / Gate given me by Leighton with his sketch / of same 1st August 1865 EL." in brown ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "149" encircled, in pencil, crossed out in pencil.

Description

Study for 'Helen of Troy': Female Figures
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Provenance

Study for 'Helen of Troy': Female Figures
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Collection of "E. L."; collection of Leighton House Museum 

Bibliography

  • Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.156 (listed under catalogue number 118) 

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