Study for 'The Spirit of the Summit': Female Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Spirit of the Summit': Female Figures
Date: c.1893
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 27.4 x 36.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0730
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "Spirit of the Summit" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse backing board, upper right "87" encircled, crossed out, in blue biro. Inscribed on reverse of backing board, upper centre "8

Description

Left of sheet: full-length study for the female figure in the painting 'The Spirit of the Summit' ('The Spirit of the Summit' (c.1894, Auckland City Art Gallery). The right hand rests between the knees, rather than on the right thigh. Centre of sheet: full-length study for the same female figure. Unlike the finished work the figure is in profile, facing to the left. Right of sheet: full-length study for the same female figure. Unlike the finished work the figure is facing the viewer. 

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.172 (listed under catalogue number 384)