Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War': Drapery

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War': Drapery
Date: c.1871
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 23.4 x 31.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0537
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Arts of War SK" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "M97" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "21/-" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower right "87 / 1" in

Description

Left of sheet: study for the right side of the jacket of the male figure bending forward and leaning down, seen to the left of the fresco 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War' (1878-80, Victoria and Albert Museum). Part of the right hand is also indicated. Right of sheet: study for the right sleeve of the male figure leaning on a sword, the point of which touches the ground, just right of centre in the fresco. The hand is lightly indicated. 

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 "166" encircled, in black ink, crossed out in blue biro