Studies for the 'Jubilee Medal': Female Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Studies for the 'Jubilee Medal': Female Figures
Date: c.1886
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 26.3 x 33.7 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/639
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Project" in pencil.

Description

Left of sheet: full-length study for the standing female figure with one hand on her hip, seen to the right of the 'Jubilee Medal' (1887, Royal Collection). Centre of sheet: full-length study for the female figure holding a scythe, seen to the left of the medal. Upper right of sheet: full-length study for a group of two female figures. Lower right of sheet: full-length study for the group of two female figures seen to the left of the medal. Far right of sheet: full-length study for the female figure holding a sphere, seen to the left of the medal.

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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