Study of a Female Figure

Drawing details

Title: Study of a Female Figure
Date: c.1881
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 verso
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

Full-length study of a female figure, probably seated, facing the viewer, with head turned to the right. The figure is apparently holding an object with both hands at chest height. 

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) 

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