Studies of Male and Female Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Studies of Male and Female Figures
Date: 1857
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 27.5 x 20.2 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0976
Inscriptions: Inscribed, monographed and dated right corner "Algiers / 5 FL 7" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, embossed. Inscribed lower left corner "D4" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, left side "9A" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "(1) /

Interpretation

This drawing was made during Leighton's visit to Algiers in the autumn of 1857. There are four similar drawings made on the same trip in the collection at Leighton House Museum (reference numbers LHO/D/0972-4 and LHO/D/0977) and one similar study at the Victoria and Albert Museum (reference number 764-1896).

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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 (Fine Art Society reference number Q55); purchased from the Fine Art Society for ú1.1.0 by Mr. Walter Derham; presented to Leighton House Museum by Derham in c.1897