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: 31.5 x 23.6 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0527
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Arts of War SK" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "M70" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Upper left of sheet: full-length nude study for the male figure with back to viewer, being fitted with armour, to the left of the fresco 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War' (1878-80, Victoria and Albert Museum). Both hands are held lower and the figure is turned more to the left than in the finished work. Upper centre left of sheet: full-length nude study for the male figure pointing to the right ankle, to the left of the fresco. The head and upper body are turned more towards the viewer in the finished work. Upper right of sheet: full-length study for the kneeling female figure to the left of the fresco. Lower right of sheet: full-length study for the seated female figures sewing, to the far right of the group of female figure at the left of the fresco. 

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)
• Ormond, Richard, 'Leighton's Frescoes in the Victoria and Albert Museum' W. and J. Mackay, Chatham, 1975, p.11, plate 527