Study for 'Perseus and Andromeda': Andromeda

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Perseus and Andromeda': Andromeda
Date: c.1891
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 54.4 x 32.5 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/653
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Andromeda" in pencil.

Description

Study for the figure of Andromeda in the painting 'Perseus and Andromeda' (c.1891, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). There is a faint outline on the verso, possibly of an arm. 

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