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

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War': Male Figure
Date: c.1871
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 24.5 x 32.3 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0553
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Arts of War SK" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, lower left "M18" or "M98" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Half-length drapery study for the male figure, probably unfastening drapery which falls from the waist, to the right of the fresco 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War' (1878-80, Victoria and Albert Museum). The neck, chin and hands are also indicated. The chin is held higher than in the finished work. 

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)