Study for 'The Painter's Honeymoon': Composition, Hands

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Painter's Honeymoon': Composition, Hands
Date: c.1865
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 29.7 x 44.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0486
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Artist's Honeymoon" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "B39" encircled, in pencil, written sideways.

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'The Painter's Honeymoon' (c.1864, untraced). 

Provenance

Bequeathed by the artist to his sisters, Mrs. Augusta Matthews (n+e Augusta Neunburg Leighton, 1835-1919) and Mrs. Alexandra Orr (n+e Alexandra Leighton, 1828-1903); purchased by the Fine Art Society in 1896; collection of Leighton House Museum 

Bibliography

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.155 (listed under catalogue number 105)