Study for 'The Daphnephoria': Female Figure

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Daphnephoria': Female Figure
Date: c.1875
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Picture credit: By Courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Reference number: 9053
Inscriptions: Typed on paper and paste beneath this drawing 'Study in pencil by Lord Leighton'. Typed on paper and pasted along the lower edge of the page "Another set of three studies of head by Lord Leighton".

Description

Study of a draped female figure for the painting 'The Daphnephoria' (1874-76, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight) 

 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.163 (listed under catalogue number 237)
• 'Exhibition of Works by the Late Lord Leighton of Stretton President of the Royal Academy: Winter Exhibition', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1897, p.44 catalogue number 238 

Exhibition history

• 04 January 1897 to 13 March 1897, 'Exhibition of Works by the Late Lord Leighton of Stretton President of the Royal Academy: Winter Exhibition', Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 238