Study for 'The Last Watch of Hero': Curtain

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Last Watch of Hero': Curtain
Date: c.1887
Media: Black and white chalk on grey paper
Dimensions: 43.7 x 25.0 cm
Location: Manchester Art Gallery
Picture credit: Manchester City Art Galleries
Reference number: 1887.15a

Description

Drapery study for the curtain and the fabric draped around the female figure in the painting 'The Last Watch of Hero' (c.1887, Manchester Art Gallery). The figure is roughly sketched in, with a few lines in white chalk indicating the folds of the drapery of her dress, which is not shown. To the lower right, the decoration at the bottom of the curtain has also been sketched in. 

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 164