Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Female Figure

Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Female Figure

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Female Figure
Date: c.1894
Media: Black and white chalk on grey-brown paper
Dimensions: 36.8 x 44.8 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0753 verso

Description

Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Female Figure
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Full-length nude study of the second kneeling female figure from the left in the fresco 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons' (1894-95, Royal Exchange). The left arm is not indicated. 

Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Female Figure
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Bibliography

  • Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.172 (listed under catalogue number 381) 

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