Study for 'The Bath of Psyche': Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Bath of Psyche': Female Figure
Date: c.1889
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 32.5 x 22.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0784
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse of backing board, lower centre "Bath of Psyche" in pencil, written sideways. Inscribed on reverse of backing board, centre left "114" encircled, in pencil, written upside down and

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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