Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War': Composition
Date: c.1871
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 31.9 x 24.3 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0541
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Arts of War S.K." in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "M96" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "10/6" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower right "85 / 2" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower "8/8/" in pe

Description

Study for the composition of the fresco 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War' (1878-80, Victoria and Albert Museum). 

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.160 (listed under catalogue number 194)