Study for 'Sibyl': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Sibyl': Composition
Date: c.1888
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 21.7 x 13.6 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0733

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'Sibyl' (c.1889, untraced). 

 

Bibliography

• Barrington, Mrs. Emilie Isabel, 'Catalogue: Lord Leighton's House and What it Contains', 1900, reprinted as part of 'A Collection of Essays on Lord Leighton and his Works with Illustrated Catalogue of the Contents of Leighton House', privately published, London, 1900-01, p.195 catalogue number 348
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.172 (listed under catalogue number 383) 

Exhibition history

• 09 April 1900 to at least 1936, 'The Leighton House Collection' (intended to be a permanent display), Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 348 (exhibited but not hung)