Study for 'The Daphnephoria': Male Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Daphnephoria': Male Figure
Date: 1874-76
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 26.5 x 18.9 cm
Location: Bewdley Museum, Worcestershire
Picture credit: Wyre Forest District Council Museum Service, Calderdale Museums and Arts
Reference number: 1974-370.15
Inscriptions: Inscribed on mount "ú4.4.0" in pencil.

Description

Full-length nude study for the male figure leading the procession in the painting 'The Daphnephoria' (1874-76, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight). 

Provenance

Presented to Bewdley Museum, Worcestershire, in the early 1930s 

Exhibition history

• 25 March 2005 to 03 May 2005, 'Lord Leighton: Nymphs and Nudes', Bewdley Museum, Worcestershire, Bewdley