Live Auction 12237Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art
Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
Lot 9

Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)

A reclining female nude

Closed14 December 2016

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GBP 7,500

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Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
A reclining female nude
signed 'Fred Leighton' (lower right)
pencil heightened with white on paper
9 1/8 x 13 ¼ in. (23.4 x 33.7 cm.)

David Loshak, and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

This drawing is similar in pose to one in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, which has been dated to circa 1850 (WA1962.72). It also has the same early signature, which suggests that it was intended for sale or as a gift.

We are grateful to Daniel Robbins for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.