Study of a Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study of a Female Figure
Date: 1895-96
Media: Black and white chalk on grey-brown paper
Dimensions: 28.0 x 36.8 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0846 verso
Inscriptions: Inscribed upper left "[illegible] / Dawn - birds awakening / [illegible] - morning - morning / star / infancy tender colours / hope spring flowers". Inscribed upper left centre "crossed Summer / Noon [two illegible words] / intense colours - lovers /

Interpretation

This study is on the reverse of a study for four decorative Panels for Mrs. Rylands (reference number LHO/D/0846).

Description

Left of sheet: full-length study of a nude female figure facing the viewer. The left hand rests on an object to the left at chest height. The right arm is held behind the figure. The weight rests on the right leg and the left foot is in front of the left. The upper body is twisted so that the right shoulder is lower than the left. 

 

Bibliography

• Barrington, Mrs. Emilie Isabel, 'Catalogue: Lord Leighton's House and What it Contains', 1900, reprinted as part of 'A Collection of Essays on Lord Leighton and his Works with Illustrated Catalogue of the Contents of Leighton House', privately published, London, 1900-01, p.195, catalogue number 336
• Staley, Edgcumbe, 'Lord Leighton of Stretton, P.R.A.', The Walter Scott Publishing Company, London, 1906, p.223 

Reproductions

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