Study for 'Memories': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Memories': Composition
Date: c.1882
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 27.5 x 24.3 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0625
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "36" in black chalk, in the artist's hand. Inscribed lower right "Close/o" in pencil, written sideways, crossed out in pencil.

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'Memories' (c.1883, private collection). The right arm and chair are only lightly indicated. 

 

Bibliography

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.167 (listed under catalogue number 305)