Study for 'Lachrymae': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Lachrymae': Composition
Date: c.1894
Media: Black and white chalk on grey-brown paper
Dimensions: 21.2 x 10.8 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0716
Inscriptions: Inscribed on reverse, lower centre "E.23" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'Lachrymae' (c.1895, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). 

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.173 (listed under catalogue number 390)