Lord Leighton PRA, Athlete struggling with a Python (reduced version), ca.1874.
Plaster. 248 mm x 106 mm x 160 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
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Lord Leighton PRA, Athlete struggling with a Python (reduced version), ca.1874.
Plaster. 248 mm x 106 mm x 160 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
This image is not available to download. To licence this image for commercial purposes, contact our Picture Library at picturelibrary@royalacademy.org.uk
Athlete struggling with a Python (reduced version), ca.1874
Lord Leighton PRA (1830 - 1896)
RA Collection: Art
This is a reduced preliminary cast for Lord Leighton's full-size Athlete Struggling with a Python. Leighton gave the original clay model for this reduced version to his friend and fellow Royal Academician, G.F. Watts, who arranged for it to be cast. This particular statuette was given by descendants of John Pettie, RA.
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248 mm x 106 mm x 160 mm
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