Study for 'The Daphnephoria': Composition

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Daphnephoria': Composition
Date: c.1875
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 15.2 x 22.5 cm
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Picture credit: By Courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Reference number: E.1841-1910

Description

Rough study for the composition of the painting 'The Daphnephoria' (c.1874-76, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight). The composition is similar to that depicted in the final work, although some elements cannot be made out. 

 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.163 (listed under catalogue number 237), plate 124