Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Female Figure

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Female Figure
Date: c.1895
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 30.3 x 25.2 cm
Location: The British Museum, London
Reference number: 1897,0512.15

Description

Full-length nude study for the seated female figure studying cloth, in the left foreground of the fresco 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons' (1894-95, Royal Exchange, London). 

Provenance

Bequeathed by the artist to his sisters, Mrs. Augusta Matthews (nTe Augusta Neunburg Leighton, 1835-1919) and Mrs. Alexandra Orr (nTe Alexandra Leighton, 1828-1903); purchased by the Fine Art Society in 1896; purchased from the Fine Art Society by The British Museum, London in 1897 (with 30 others drawings for a total of ú300) 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.172, (listed under catalogue number 381)
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Exhibition history

• 1901, 'Exhibition of Drawings and Sketches', The British Museum, London, catalogue number B 263