Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Drapery for Male Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Drapery for Male Figure
Date: c.1894
Media: Black and white chalk on grey-brown paper
Dimensions: 36.7 x 28.2 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0752
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Phoenicians [?] Britons" upper half of this word has been partially rubbed off. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "P - Bartering with / Britons / D" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Full-length drapery study for the central male figure of a Phoenician in the fresco 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons' (1894-95, Royal Exchange). The head and forearms are also indicated. The upper line of the purple fabric which obscures the the drapery to the lower right is indicated, although it is higher in the completed fresco. 

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) 

Exhibition history

• c.1937, 'Coronation Exhibition', The Royal Society of British Artists, London