Study for 'Captive Andromache': Drapery for Mother

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Captive Andromache': Drapery for Mother
Date: c.1887
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 55.9 x 37.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0678
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed lower right "Andromache" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "552" encircled, in blue biro, crossed out in blue biro.

Description

Drapery for the female figure with a baby on her lap, to the right of the painting 'Captive Andromache' (c.1888, Manchester Art Gallery). 

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)