Studies for the Tomb of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Elevations, Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Studies for the Tomb of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Elevations, Female Figure
Date: 1861
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 16.9 x 23.4 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0759 verso
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Women imploring visitor" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink.

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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

• Staley, Edgcumbe, 'Lord Leighton of Stretton, P.R.A.', The Walter Scott Publishing Company, London, 1906, p.218