Studies for 'The Jealousy of Simoetha the Sorceress': Female Figures, Female Head, Hands

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Title: Studies for 'The Jealousy of Simoetha the Sorceress': Female Figures, Female Head, Hands
Date: c.1883
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 22.7 x 31.7 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0812
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Studies" in pencil. Stamped lower left, "LLC" embossed. Inscribed on reverse, centre "181" encircled, in pencil, crossed out with blue biro. Inscribed on reverse, centre "M1" encircled, in pencil, crossed out in pencil.

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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 

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