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.
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.
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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