Study for 'Phryne at Eleusis': Drapery for Phryne

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Phryne at Eleusis': Drapery for Phryne
Date: c.1881
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 47.6 x 22.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0685
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "H95" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "21/-" in pencil.

Description

 

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.166 (listed under catalogue number 288) 

Exhibition history

• c.1937, 'Coronation Exhibition', The Royal Society of British Artists, London