Study for 'Captive Andromache': Drapery for Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Captive Andromache': Drapery for Female Figure
Date: c.1887
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 55.6 x 36.7 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0674
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Andromache" in pencil, partially erased. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse of backing board, centre "CAPTIVE ANDROMACHE" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse of backing board, centre "A" in penci

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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)