Study of Foliage

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Drawing details

Title: Study of Foliage
Date: 1870-75
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 12.2 x 7.3 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0989
Inscriptions: Inscribed on backing board, centre left "13" in pencil. Inscribed on drawing, lower left "X" in pencil. Inscribed on drawing, upper right "Peptas" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse of backing board, centre "566" in blue biro, encircled, and scribbled o

Description

Faint study of the branch of a tree in leaf. Upper left of sheet: rough study of a female figure, facing the viewer, carrying a child in her arms. 

Provenance

Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea