Study for 'The Last Watch of Hero': Drapery For Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Last Watch of Hero': Drapery For Female Figure
Date: c.1887
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 49.5 x 29.5 cm
Location: Manchester Art Gallery
Picture credit: Manchester City Art Galleries
Reference number: 1887.15

Description

Three-quarter length drapery study for the female in the painting 'The Last Watch of Hero' (c.1887, Manchester Art Gallery). The head and arms are also sketched in outline. 

Provenance

Presented to the City Art Gallery, Manchester (now Manchester Art Gallery) by the artist, in 1887. 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.169 (listed under catalogue number 330), plate 163