Study for 'The Marquand Ceiling': Wreaths, Drapery for Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Marquand Ceiling': Wreaths, Drapery for Female Figure
Date: c.1885
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 49.6 x 32.3 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0821
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Study" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse on backing board, centre "518" in blue biro, crossed out in blue biro, written sideways.

Description

Left of sheet: drapery study for the drapery falling from the head and wreath of the central figure in the central panel of painting 'The Marquand Ceiling' (c.1886, probably private collections) Upper right of sheet: Centre of sheet: Lower centre of sheet: 

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 

Bibliography

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.168 (listed under catalogue number 323) 

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