Study for 'Sibyl': Drapery for Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Sibyl': Drapery for Female Figure
Date: c.1888
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 55.6 x 37.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Courtesy of The Guildhall Library (Spielmann, M. H., 'The Royal Academy Exhibition', The Magazine of Art, 1889, p.224)
Reference number: LHO/D/0841
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "B17" encircled, in black biro.

Description

Drapery study for the seated female figure in the painting 'Sibyl' (c.1889, private collection). The feet and upper body of the figure are lightly sketched in. The drapery covering the head is not included. 

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

• Gere, Charlotte, et al., 'A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton', Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, 2006, p.96 catalogue number 5.10 (illustrated)
• Spielmann, Marion Harry Alexander, 'Current Art at the Royal Academy - I', 'The Magazine of Art', 1889, illustrated on p.225
• Gaunt, William (introduction), 'High Victorian Art: An Exhibition in Conjunction with the Tate Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the York Art Gallery', Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 

Exhibition history

• 1969, 'High Victorian Art: An Exhibition in Conjunction with the Tate Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the York Art Gallery', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 147
• 08 November 2006 to 25 February 2007, 'A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 5.10