Lord Leighton PRA, Sketch model for group of figure in the painting 'The Garden of Hesperides', 1892.
Plaster. 165 mm x 327 mm x 190 mm, Weight: 2.8 kg. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Lord Leighton PRA (1830 - 1896)
RA Collection: Art
On free display in Collection Gallery
165 mm x 327 mm x 190 mm, Weight: 2.8 kg
Lord Leighton PRA
Sketch model for group of figure in the painting 'The Garden of Hesperides', 1892
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