Study for 'The Marquand Ceiling': Seated Female Figure, Female Head

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Marquand Ceiling': Seated Female Figure, Female Head
Date: c.1885
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 26.2 x 36.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0647
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed lower left "Study for Jubitha" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "A89" encircled, in pencil.

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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.168 (listed under catalogue number 323)