Study for the 'Jubilee Medal': Figure of Industry

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Drawing details

Title: Study for the 'Jubilee Medal': Figure of Industry
Date: c.1886
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 33.8 x 27.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0847
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Study for jubilee medal" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "469" in red biro, crossed out in black biro. Inscribed on reverse, centre "A83" encircled, in pencil.

Interpretation

This study is for Leighton's design for the reverse of the Jubilee Medal of 1887. The front was designed by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (sculptor, 1834-1890) and it was made in celebration of Jubilee Day on 21 June, exactly 50 years since Queen Victoria was crowned.

Description

Full-length nude study for the female figure illustrating Industry, to the far right of the reverse of the 'Jubilee Medal' (1887, Royal Collection). 

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 

Reproductions

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