Study of a Male Head

Study of a Male Head

Drawing details

Title: Study of a Male Head
Date: 1855
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.138d
Inscriptions: Dated and monogrammed centre left "FL 1855" in pencil.

Interpretation

This portrait probably shows a member of Adelaide Sartoris's social group. Leighton spent a lot of his time with Adelaide and her friends around the time this study was made.

Description

Study of a Male Head
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Sheet pasted into an album of drawings. Study of the head of a male figure. 

Provenance

Study of a Male Head
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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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Related Paintings/Projects

Image of painting unavailable. Album of Drawings, Formerly Belonging to Adelaide Sartoris
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