Study of a Female Figure

Drawing details

Title: Study of a Female Figure
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 22.1 x 10.7 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1159
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "No 100" in pen and ink.

Interpretation

The pose of this figure is similar to that of the female figure in the painting 'At the Fountain' (c.1892, Milwaukee Art Museum) and also to a figure to the lower left of the painting 'The Daphnephoria' (c.1874-76, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight).

Description

Study of a standing female figure wearing classical drapery and holding a pitcher in the right hand. 

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