Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace': Drapery for Female Figures

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Title: Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace': Drapery for Female Figures
Date: c.1872
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 24.7 x 33.4 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0795
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left corner "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "L65" encircled, in pencil, written sideways.

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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