Study for 'Dante in Exile': Drapery for Male and Female Figures, Male Figures, Feet

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Title: Study for 'Dante in Exile': Drapery for Male and Female Figures, Male Figures, Feet
Date: c.1863
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 25.2 x 29.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0766
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse on backing board, centre "260" encircled, in pencil, crossed out in pencil. Inscribed on reverse on backing board, lower left "58" encircled, in pencil, erased.

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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