Studies for 'Perseus on Pegasus Hastening to the Rescue of Andromeda': Drapery

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Drawing details

Title: Studies for 'Perseus on Pegasus Hastening to the Rescue of Andromeda': Drapery
Date: c.1895
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 46.7 x 34.0 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/648
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Perseus" in pencil.

Description

Two drapery studies for the painting, 'Perseus on Pegasus Hastening to the Rescue of Andromeda' (c.1895-96, Leicestershire Museums). 

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 

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