Henry James Holiday (1839-1927)

Study of a seated draped female figure

Details

Henry James Holiday (1839-1927)
Study of a seated draped female figure
black and white chalk on buff paper, lightly squared
18 5/8 x 10 ¼ in. (47.3 x 16 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s Belgravia, 25 September 1979, lot 141.
with Chris Beetles, London, where purchased by the present owner.

Exhibited

Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery, Albert Moore and his Contemporaries, 1972, no. 103 (as by Leighton).

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Lot Essay

Holiday entered the Royal Academy schools at the age of fifteen, where he absorbed the elements of Pre-Raphaelitism and became friends with Albert Moore, Simeon Solomon, Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris. He went on to become the chief designer for the stained-glass manufacturers James Powell & Sons, in succession to Burne-Jones. The present drawing clearly shows the influence of Frederic, Lord Leighton in its delicate exploration of drapery.

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