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

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War': Male Figures
Date: c.1879
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 23.1 x 31.2 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0552
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Arts of War S Kensington" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "10 / 6" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "N1" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower centr

Description

Left of sheet: half-length nude study for the male figure turned to the right and loading a crossbow, seen to the far right of the fresco 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War' (1878-80, Victoria and Albert Museum). Part of the crossbow is also indicated. Just to the lower right are two small drapery studies for the left knee and ankle, and to the lower left is a small drapery study for the right ankle. Right of sheet: half-length nude study for the male figure bending forward to load a crossbow, with back to viewer, seen to the far right of the fresco. 

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)