Study of a Female Head

Drawing details

Title: Study of a Female Head
Date: c.1877
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 13.0 x 10.1 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1191
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "No. 130" in pen and ink.

Interpretation

This study may be related to the painting 'Nausicaa' (c.1878, private collection).

Description

Study of the head of a female figure. 

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); presented to the Royal Academy of Arts, London by Matthews and Orr in 1896