Study for 'Rizpah': Drapery for Male Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Rizpah': Drapery for Male Figure
Date: c.1892
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 35.9 x 26.8 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0728
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black biro. Inscribed on reverse, centre "163" encircled, in black biro, crossed out in black biro. Inscribed on reverse, centre "1/1/" in pencil, crossed out in black biro. Inscribed on reverse, centre "Iú48" e

Description

Left of sheet: Right of sheet: 

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

• Spielmann, Marion Harry Alexander, 'The Royal Academy Exhibition - I', 'The Magazine of Art', 1893, illustrated on p.218
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.172 (listed under catalogue number 376)