Studies of Boys

Artist Lord Frederic Leighton (1830 - 1896)

Datec. 1888

MediumConté on paper

Dimensions28 x 37.4 cm

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Lane Bequest, 1913.

Object number164

DescriptionThis is a drawing study showing various views and parts of a naked young boy and a baby. From the left is a sketch of a young child's back; a closer view of a child's legs and bottom from behind; a left arm holding something; a right arm; three individual hands; a section of a child's face in profile from behind; a baby sitting down looking upwards from behind; a boy standing and facing the viewer; the front of a leg; the back of a baby sitting down. All these sketches are executed in black conté and highlighted with white conté, typical of Leighton's sketches. There are also an outline of a pair of legs walking and two heads.

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