Study for 'Rizpah': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Rizpah': Composition
Date: c.1892
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 18.1 x 17.3 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0720
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre right "39 / Rizpah / Study for Whole / design" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower right "E45" changed to "E44" encircled, in pencil, crossed out in black biro.

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'Rizpah' (c.1893, private collection). The position of the sickle (semicircular blade) has been altered by the artist. 

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.172 (listed under catalogue number 376) 

Exhibition history

• 1969, 'Display of Drawings and Paintings in the Winter Studio and Perrin Gallery', Leighton House Museum, catalogue number 66