Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War': Male and Female Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War': Male and Female Figures
Date: c.1871
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 24.2 x 32.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0526
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Arts of War SK" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "M68" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Left of sheet: full-length study for the male figure leaning against a column and reaching to the right shoe, to the left of the fresco 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War' (1878-80, Victoria and Albert Museum). Centre left of sheet: full-length study for the group of two male figures, one seated and one standing, to the extreme left of the fresco. Upper right of sheet: full-length study for the female figure sewing, seen second from the right in the group of female figures to the lower left of the fresco. Lower right of sheet: full-length rough study for the female figure seated immediately to the left of the previous figure. She holds a length of fabric between both hands, whereas in the finished work, the figure to the right appears to hold one side. 

Provenance

Bequeathed by the artist to his sisters, Mrs. Augusta Matthews (n+e Augusta Neunburg Leighton, 1835-1919) and Mrs. Alexandra Orr (n+e Alexandra Leighton, 1828-1903); purchased by the Fine Art Society in 1896; collection of Leighton House Museum 

Bibliography

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.160 (listed under catalogue number 194) 

Exhibition history

• 1969, 'Display of Drawings and Paintings in the Winter Studio and Perrin Gallery', Leighton House Museum, catalogue number 69