HERBERT JAMES DRAPER | Study for 'Song'

The studio of the artist and thence to his daughter Miss Yvonne Draper and by further descent

Simon Toll, Herbert Draper 1863-1920 – A Life Study, 2003, p. 188 cat.no.HJD.135.ii

London, Julian Hartnoll Gallery, A Third and Final Exhibition of Drawings by Herbert Draper (1864-1920), autumn 2003, no.27

Song was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1908 but is now lost. A professional model, Rachel Lee posed for the present drawing and a similar example (sold in these rooms, 10 December 2014, lot 6).