Study for 'Clytemnestra': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Clytemnestra': Composition
Date: c.1873
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0564
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "E85" in pencil.

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'Clytemnestra' (c.1874, Leighton House 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

• Barrington, Mrs. Russell, 'The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic, Lord Leighton', George Allen, London, 1906, volume II, illustrated opposite p.194
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.162 (listed under catalogue number 227) 

Exhibition history

• 19 September 2005 to 09 December 2005, 'The Leighton Drawings Project: A Preview', Leighton House Museum, London