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

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace': Male Figures
Date: c.1872
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 24.3 x 32.7 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0557
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Arts of Peace [three illegible words]" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "N13" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower left "2 / 1" in pencil. Inscribed on reve

Description

Left of sheet: full-length study of a male figure turned to the left. To the lower right of this is a smaller similar study. The figure bends forward. The left hand reaches away from the body to the right. The right hand reaches down to the left and holds a pole. The right leg is slightly bent. The left foot is raised above knee height as if the figure has taken a large step down. The figure wears a hat and loin cloth. Centre of sheet: full-length study of a male figure, facing the viewer, with head in profile facing left. Right of sheet: full-length study of the same male figure. Lower centre of sheet: full-length rough study for the group of two male figures carrying a load, seen to the far left of the fresco 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace' (1883-86, Victoria and Albert Museum). To the right of this is a similar study, however they are not viewed from the same angle as the finished work. Centre right of sheet: full-length rough study of a male figure, in profile facing to the right, carrying a load. The upper body is bent forward. Lower right of sheet: full-length rough study of a male figure carrying a load. 

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.161 (listed under catalogue number 207)