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

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Female Figure
Date: 1894-95
Media: Black and white chalk on grey paper
Dimensions: 29.2 x 20.0 cm
Location: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Picture credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Reference number: WA1965.18
Inscriptions: Inscribed on mount, lower centre "FREDERIC, LORD LEIGHTON" in brown ink. Inscribed on mount, lower right "PURCHASED 1965." in brown ink. Inscribed on mount, upper left "17" in pencil.

Description

Full-length drapery study for the first kneeling female figure from the left in the fresco 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons' (1894-95, Royal Exchange, London). The head, right arm and lower legs are also lightly indicated. 

Provenance

Purchased by the Ashmolean Museum in 1965