drawing
- Museum number
- 1897,0512.24
- Description
-
Study for the painting 'Helen of Troy'; Helen coming to the Scæan gate, followed at right by her two handmaids, Æthre and Clymene, behind are the towers of Troy, and the sea at left
Black and white chalk, on blue paper
- Production date
- 1865 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 160 millimetres
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Width: 116 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- The picture of c. 1865 (private collection; Ormond no. 118) was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1865 (no.309), for a mezzotint after it by Richard Josey from 1879 see 1931,0827.26.
Lit.: L. and R. Ormond, 'Lord Leighton', New Haven and London, 1975, under no. 118, p. 156
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1897
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1897,0512.24
