Study for 'The Syracusan Bride': Female Figures

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Syracusan Bride': Female Figures
Date: c.1865
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 14.5 x 12.1 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1160
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Andromache No 113 a / 1888" in pencil.

Interpretation

This drawing has been wrongly inscribed 'Captive Andromache', possibly by the Fine Art Society in 1896.

Description

Study for the group of female figures by a statue on the left hand side of the painting 'The Syracusan Bride Leading Wild Beasts in Procession to the Temple of Diana' (1865-66, private collection). 

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