Study for 'Perseus on Pegasus': Wings of Pegasus, Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Perseus on Pegasus': Wings of Pegasus, Female Figure
Date: c.1890
Media: Black chalk on grey-brown paper
Dimensions: 36.6 x 27.4 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0500
Inscriptions: None

Description

Upper centre of sheet: study for the wings of Pegasus in the painting 'Perseus and Andromeda' (c.1891, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). The position of the wings is similar, but not identical to the finished painting. Lower far left of sheet: study of a folded left wing. Lower left of sheet: head and shoulders study of a female figure, facing the viewer, with shoulders turned to the right. The drawing is very faint, but part of a dress, necklace, and a wreath around the head appear to be indicated. Lower right of sheet: study of a right wing, as in flight 

Provenance

Acquired by Leighton House Museum before 1926 

Bibliography

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.160 (listed under catalogue number 186)