Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace': Relief

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace': Relief
Date: c.1872
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 16.1 x 12.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0660
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Design" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "J66" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre right "L" in pencil.

Description

Study for the composition of the sculpted relief seen to the right of the fresco 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace' (1883-86, 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.168 (listed under catalogue number 323) 

Exhibition history

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