Study for 'Music': Drapery for Female Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Music': Drapery for Female Figures
Date: c.1884
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 31.8 x 22.7 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0804
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Project" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "K54" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower centre "9/8/-" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "15 [illegible]" encircled, in pencil, letter erased.

Description

Three-quarter length drapery study for the group of two female figures to the right of the painting 'Music' (c.1865, private collection). The head of the figure to the right, and the arms and hands are also indicated. 

 

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