Study for 'The Garden of the Hesperides': Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Garden of the Hesperides': Female Figure
Date: c.1891
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 24.2 x 31.8 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0700
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse of backing board, centre "439" in red biro, crossed out in blue biro, written upside down. Stamped on reverse of backing board, centre left and centre right "RBK" in blue ink, enc

Description

Full-length study for the female figure to the right of the painting 'The Garden of the Hesperides' (c.1892, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight). The dish on the lap of the figure is also drawn but, in proportion to the figure, it is larger than the dish in the finished work. The serpent and the left arm of the figure in the centre of the painting are also indicated. 

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.171 (listed under catalogue number 364)