Title:
Study for a Composition with a Female Figure Date:
c.1854-59 Media:
Pencil on tracing paper Dimensions:
23.9 x 19.0 cm Location: Leighton House Museum Picture credit:
Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Reference number:
LHO/D/1139 p.138b Inscriptions:
Inscribed on reverse "Mrs Sartoris" in brown ink, in the artist's hand.
Interpretation
The inscription on the reverse of this drawing suggests that it was sent to Adelaide Sartoris by the artist.
Loose sheet within album of drawings. Study for a composition showing a full-length study of a reclining female figure lying on a wall in classical dress. The feet are to the left, and the head to the right of the composition.
Collection of Adelaide Sartoris (ne+ Kemble, opera singer, writer and society hostess, 1814-1879); sold through the Maas Gallery (art dealers) in 1969; purchased by Leighton House Museum in 1969
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