Studies for 'Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon': Female Figure

Drawing details

Title: Studies for 'Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon': Female Figure
Date: c.1869
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 25.0 x 18.1 cm
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Picture credit: By Courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Reference number: 727-1896

Description

Two studies for the painting 'Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon' (c.1869, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull) 

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); purchased by the Fine Art Society; one of 55 drawings purchased by the Victoria and Albert Museum from the Fine Art Society for a total of ú135:18:0 (including a 10% discount) in 1896 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.160 (listed under catalogue number 188)
• Staley, Edgcumbe, 'Lord Leighton of Stretton, P.R.A.', The Walter Scott Publishing Company, London, 1906, p.227