Study for 'Melittion': Drapery for Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Melittion': Drapery for Female Figure
Date: c.1881
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 36.0 x 27.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0810
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Study of drapery for 1/2 length / study of woman" in black chalk. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "K21" encircled, in pencil, written upside down. Inscribed on reverse, centre righ

Description

Three-quarter-length drapery study for the female figure in the painting 'Mellition' (c.1882, Auckland City Art Gallery). The pitcher held in the right arm is also indicated. 

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; collection of Leighton House Museum 

Exhibition history

• 19 September 2005 to 09 December 2005, 'The Leighton Drawings Project: A Preview', Leighton House Museum, London

Reproductions

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