Study for 'Captive Andromache': Female Figures with Pitchers

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Captive Andromache': Female Figures with Pitchers
Date: c.1870
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 31.8 x 23.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0668
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed lower left "Study" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse "M15" 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.169 (listed under catalogue number 334)
• Simon, Robin, (editor), 'Lord Leighton 1830-1896 and Leighton House: A Centenary Celebration', Apollo Magazine, London, 1996, p.20