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: 23.8 x 31.4 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0536
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Arts of War SK" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "M75" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower right "5/5/-" and "87 / 3" in pencil.

Description

 

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 "169" encircled, in black biro, scribbled out in blue biro