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

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War': Drapery for Male Figure
Date: c.1871
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 22.9 x 30.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0542
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower "Study Arts of War S. Kensington" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "M92" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "20/-" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower right "88 / 1" in pencil, crossed out in blue ink. Inscri

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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)