Study of Drapery

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Drawing details

Title: Study of Drapery
Date: 1856-77
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 23.6 x 30.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0535
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Study" in pencil. Inscribed lower right "9/5/" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "K96" encircled, in pencil, written sideways.

Interpretation

This may be a study for the skirt of the dress of the female figure in the painting 'The Painter's Honeymoon' (c.1864, untraced).

Description

Study of a length of drapery. 

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

• Inscribed on reverse, centre "168" encircled, in black biro, written upside down, crossed out in blue biro