Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Male Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Male Figures
Date: c.1894
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 28.3 x 36.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0750
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower "Phoenician + Briton" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "P- Bartering with / Britons" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "M" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, cent

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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 381)