Study for 'The Syracusan Bride': Composition

Study for 'The Syracusan Bride': Composition

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Syracusan Bride': Composition
Date: c.1865
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 14.1 x 44.4 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0488
Inscriptions: None

Description

Study for 'The Syracusan Bride': Composition
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Study for the composition of the painting 'Syracusan Bride' (1865-66, private collection). 

Provenance

Study for 'The Syracusan Bride': Composition
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Acquired by Leighton House Museum before 1926 

Bibliography

  • Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.156 (listed under catalogue number 120) 

Exhibition history

  • c.1990, 'Display of the Leighton House Drawings Collection in the Lower Perrin Gallery', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 21

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Related Paintings/Projects

'The Syracusan Bride leading Wild Beasts in Procession to the Temple of Diana' 'The Syracusan Bride leading Wild Beasts in Procession to the Temple of Diana'
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