Study for 'Greek Girls Playing at Ball': Female Figure

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Greek Girls Playing at Ball': Female Figure
Date: c.1889
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 52.7 x 35.7 cm
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Picture credit: By Courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Reference number: E.958-1948
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "Sir F. Leighton" in pencil. Stamped on reverse "j : P : H :." in red ink, the mark of the collection of John Postle Heseltine (etcher of landscapes and collector, 1843-1929).

Description

Full-length drapery study for the female figure catching a ball to the left of the painting 'Greek Girls Playing at Ball' (c.1889, Dick Institute, Kilmarnock). The feet and lower arms are lightly indicated. The head is not indicated. 

Provenance

Collection of John Postle Heseltine (etcher of landscapes and collector, 1843-1929); bequeathed to the Victoria and Albert Museum by Henry Herbert Harold in 1948 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.169 (listed under catalogue number 343)