Study for 'Old Damascus; Jews' Quarter': Girl, Female Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Old Damascus; Jews' Quarter': Girl, Female Figures
Date: c.1873-74
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 31.2 x 23.2 cm
Location: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Picture credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Reference number: WA1935.139
Inscriptions: Inscribed, lower centre "Jew's house Damascus" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on mount, lower centre "FREDERIC, LORD LEIGHTON" in brown ink. Inscribed on mount, lower right "PURCHASED, 1935" in brown ink.

Description

Upper left of sheet: full-length study for the girl catching lemons in the painting 'Old Damascus; Jews' Quarter' (c.1873-74, untraced). Upper right of sheet: full-length study of a seated female figure turned to the right. The chair is also indicated. Lower left of sheet: full-length study of the standing female figure to the right of the painting 'Old Damascus; Jews' Quarter'. Centre of sheet: full-length study for the female figure reaching for lemons with a stick, to the left of the painting. Centre right of sheet: full-length study of a standing girl, turned to the right with drapery covering the head. 

Provenance

Bequeathed by the artist to his sisters, Mrs. Augusta Matthews (nTe Augusta Neunburg Leighton, 1835-1919) and Mrs. Alexandra Orr (nTe Alexandra Leighton, 1828-1903); purchased by the Fine Art Society in 1896; purchased by the Ashmolean Museum in 1935 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.162 (listed under catalogue number 218)