Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace': Female Figures

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace': Female Figures
Date: c.1879
Media: Pencil and bodycolour on tracing paper
Dimensions: 16.2 x 10.3 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1175
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Industrial Arts as Applied to Peace / 1873" in pencil. Inscribed lower right "No 121" in pen and ink.

Interpretation

This tracing was probably made in the 1870s when Leighton was designing the composition of the fresco 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace' (1884-86, Victoria and Albert Museum).

Description

Traced study for the central group of four female figures in the fresco 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace' (1884-86, Victoria and Albert Museum). 

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