Studies for 'Moorish Garden; A Dream of Granada' and 'Phryne at Eleusis': Phryne, Female Child

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Drawing details

Title: Studies for 'Moorish Garden; A Dream of Granada' and 'Phryne at Eleusis': Phryne, Female Child
Date: c.1873
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 24.0 x 32.3 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0597
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed lower right "Phryne" in pencil, erased. Inscribed lower centre "[4 illegible words] " in pencil, erased. Inscribed on reverse, centre "H96" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Left of sheet: full-length study for the figure of Phryne in the painting 'Phryne at Eleusis' (c.1880-82, untraced). Very similar to the finished work, although drapery covers part of the breasts and the decorative band below the chest in the painting is not included. Upper centre left of sheet: study of the same standing female figure, turned to the left, with drapery falling from the right shoulder. The figure looks down towards her hands which are held together at chest height. Lower centre left of sheet: full-length study of the same standing female figure, facing the viewer, with drapery falling from the right shoulder. The figure looks down towards the ground. The hands are held tegether under the chin. Centre right of sheet: full-length study of the same standing female figure, facing the viewer, with drapery falling from the right shoulder. The figure looks down towards the ground. The right hand is against the right side of the face and the left hand hangs by her side and holds a pitcher. Right of sheet: full-length study for the female child in the painting 'Moorish Garden: A Dream of Granada' (c.1874, Teacher's College, Armidale, Australia). The pitcher she carries is also indicated. 

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.166 (listed under catalogue number 288)