Study of a Female Figure

Drawing details

Title: Study of a Female Figure
Date: 1895-96
Media: Black and white chalk on grey brown paper
Dimensions: 27.9 x 37.1 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0787 verso
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse of backing board, centre "a61" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse of backing board, centre right "268" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse of backing board, upper right "23" i

Description

Upper left of sheet: full-length study of a heavily draped seated female figure. In profile, facing to the right. 

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 (Fine Art Society reference number A61); purchased from the Fine Art Society by Mr. Douglas W. Freshfield for ú15:15:0 on 08 February 1897; presented to Leighton House Museum in c.1897 

Bibliography

• Corkran, Alice, 'Frederic Leighton', Methuen and Co., London, 1904, illustrated opposite p.163