Study for 'Music': Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Music': Female Figure
Date: c.1884
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 31.5 x 23.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0631
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "K.9" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Drapery study for a standing female figure for the painting 'Music' (1883-85, Leighton House Museum) 

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

• Barrington, Mrs. Russell, 'The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic, Lord Leighton', George Allen, London, 1906, volume II, illustrated opposite p.256
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.167 (listed under catalogue number 309)