Study for 'And the sea gave up the dead which were in it': Male Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'And the sea gave up the dead which were in it': Male Figure
Date: 1877-82
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 32.1 x 22.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0615
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, embossed. Inscribed centre "Sea gave up its dead" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "D5" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, "240" in black biro, crossed out in blue biro. Inscribed on reverse, lower

Description

Half-length nude study for the male figure in the centre of the painting 'And the sea gave up the dead which were in it' (1891-92, Tate Britain). The study differs from the finished work as the figure looks up and slightly to the left, rather than the right and the torso is upright whereas in the painting he leans to the left. The right forearm is not drawn. 

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

• Anon., 'Catalogue of Drawings by the late Lord Leighton Preserved for the Nation', Leighton House Committee, 1897, p.23 catalogue number 7 ("And the sea gave up the dead which were in it")
• Gere, Charlotte, et al., 'A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton', Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, 2006, p.89 catalogue number 5.5 (illustrated)
• Jones, Stephen, et al., 'Frederic Leighton (1830-1896)', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, p.220 catalogue number 115f, illustrated on  

Exhibition history

• April 1897 to c.1899, 'Drawings by the late Lord Leighton Preserved for the Nation', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 7 ("And the sea gave up the dead which were in it")
• 15 February 1996 to 21 April 1996, 'Frederic Leighton 1830-1896', The Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 115f
• 08 November 2006 to 25 February 2007, 'A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 5.5