Study for 'Tragic Poetess': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Tragic Poetess': Composition
Date: c.1889
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 32.3 x 23.1 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0688
Inscriptions: Stamped lower right "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "A76" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Centre of sheet: study for the composition of the painting 'Tragic Poetess' (c.1890, private collection). Right of sheet: rough thumbnail study for the composition of the painting. 

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

• Gere, Charlotte, et al., 'A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton', Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, 2006, p.72 catalogue number 4.5 (illustrated)
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.170 (listed under catalogue number 352) 

Exhibition history

• 1969, 'Display of Drawings and Paintings in the Winter Studio and Perrin Gallery', Leighton House Museum, catalogue number 12
• 08 November 2006 to 25 February 2007, 'A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 4.5