Studies for 'Clytie': Alternative Poses

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Drawing details

Title: Studies for 'Clytie': Alternative Poses
Date: c.1891
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 23.6 x 32.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0762
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Clytie" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink.

Description

Left of sheet: full-length study for the figure of Clytie to the lower right of the painting Clytie (c.1892, Fitzwilliam Museum). Upper centre left of sheet: half-length study for the figure. Lower centre left of sheet: full-length study for the figure. Right of sheet: full-length study for the figure. Upper right of sheet: full-length study for the figure. 

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

• Anon., 'Catalogue of Drawings by the late Lord Leighton Preserved for the Nation', Leighton House Committee, 1897, p.24 catalogue number 5 (Drawings of "Clytie")
• Barrington, Mrs. Emilie Isabel, 'Catalogue: Lord Leighton's House and What it Contains', 1900, reprinted as part of 'A Collection of Essays on Lord Leighton and his Works with Illustrated Catalogue of the Contents of Leighton House', privately published, London, 1900-01, p.164 catalogue number 27c
• Barrington, Mrs. Russell, 'The Life,  

Exhibition history

• April 1897 to c.1899, 'Drawings by the late Lord Leighton Preserved for the Nation', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 5 (Drawings of "Clytie")
• 09 April 1900 to at least 1936, 'The Leighton House Collection' (intended to be a permanent display), Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 27c (exhibited on the staircase)
• 08 November 2006 to 25 February 2007, 'A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 6.6