Study for 'Samson and Delilah': Drapery and Legs of Delilah

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Samson and Delilah': Drapery and Legs of Delilah
Date: c.1858
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 47.4 x 30.4 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0842
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Samson and Delilah" and "36" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower centre "G.39" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, upper right "8" in blue biro.

Description

Half-length study of the lower half of the figure of Delilah for the painting 'Samson and Delilah' (c.1858, untraced). The drapery around the legs is included. The hips and the right foot are not included. 

 

Exhibition history

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

Reproductions

38216