Study of Florrie Bird for a water nymph in Prospero Summoning Nymphs and Deities
signed 'Herbert Draper' (lower left), inscribed 'Floating figure/in painted ceiling' (centre right)
black and white chalks on grey paper
61 x 46.5cm (24 x 18 5/16in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Ida Draper, the artist's wife
Thence by descent until 2001
with Julian Hartnoll, London
Private collection, UK
Sale, Sotheby's London, 1 July 2004, lot 278
Private collection, UK

Exhibited
London, The Leicester Galleries, 1905, no.60
London, Julian Hartnoll, A Second Exhibition of Drawings by Herbert Draper (1864-1920), 6-24 March, 2001, no.15

Literature
The Studio, 'Mr Herbert Draper's Painted Ceiling for the Livery Hall of the Draper's Company', 1903, p.37
S. Toll, Herbert Draper 1863-1920, A life study, Woodbridge, 2003, p.112, no.69, illustrated in black and white, cat. no.HJD113.vi

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