Studies for 'Fatidica': Female Figure

Drawing details

Title: Studies for 'Fatidica': Female Figure
Date: c.1894
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 23.5 x 33.2 cm
Location: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Picture credit: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Reference number: 1933P220

Description

Three studies for the seated female figure in the painting 'Fatidica' (c.1894, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight), and one study of a standing female figure. 

Provenance

Presented to Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery by Cecil French (painter and collector, 1879-1953) in 1933 

Bibliography

• Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings in Pen, Pencil, Charcoal and Chalk, etc., including Cartoons for Stained Glass', Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1939, p.245
• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.172