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 verso
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

Upper right of sheet: thumbnail study for a composition. Lower right of sheet: thumbnail study for a composition. 

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