Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace': Composition, Female Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace': Composition, Female Figures
Date: c.1872
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 31.7 x 23.2 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0555
Inscriptions: Inscribed, lower centre "Arts of Peace" in pencil. Inscribed lower right "S. Kensington Decoration" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "21/-" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "N16" encircl

Description

Upper third of sheet: study for the composition of the fresco 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace' (1883-86, Victoria and Albert Museum). The figures have been omitted from this study and the architecture is very different to that seen in the finished work. Central third of sheet: study for the composition of the fresco. The figures have been omitted from this study but the architecture is similar to that of the finished work. Lower third of sheet: several studies of groups of female figures for the fresco. 

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), p.161 (listed under catalogue number 207)
• Ormond, Richard, 'Leighton's Frescoes in the Victoria and Albert Museum' W. and J. Mackay, Chatham, 1975, p.10, plate 9
• Gaunt, William (introduction), 'High Victorian Art: An Exhibition in Conjunction with the Tate Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the York Art Gallery', Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, 19 

Exhibition history

• 1969, 'High Victorian Art: An Exhibition in Conjunction with the Tate Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the York Art Gallery', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 136