Study for 'Solitude': Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Solitude': Female Figure
Date: c.1890
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 27.4 x 18.6 cm
Location: The William Morris Gallery, London
Picture credit: The William Morris Gallery, London
Reference number: Br D 29
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "Solitude" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse "H85" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Full-length nude study for the female figure in the painting 'Solitude' (c.1890, Maryhill Museum of Fine Arts, Washington). 

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 (Fine Art Society reference number H85); purchased from the Fine Art Society by Y. Way of 21 Wellington Street, London W6, for ú12:12:0 (for two studies) in 1897; Barbizon House (private gallery); Sir Frank Brangwyn, painter, (1867-1956); presented to The William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, by Sir Frank Brangwyn in 1935 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.170 (listed under catalogue number 348)