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

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Title: Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Female Figures
Date: c.1894
Media: Black and white chalk on grey-brown paper
Dimensions: 28.3 x 36.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/1114
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Phoenicians & Britains" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse of backing board, centre "PHOENICIANS BARTERING / WITH BRITONS" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse of backing board, lower

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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