Study for 'Summer Slumber': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Summer Slumber': Composition
Date: c.1893
Media: Black and white chalk on grey-brown paper
Dimensions: 21.4 x 26.8 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0740

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'Summer Slumber' (c.1894, private collection). 

 

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.173 catalogue number 94a
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.172 (listed under catalogue number 382)
• Simon, Robin (editor), 'Lord Leighton 1830-1896 and Leighton House: A Cente 

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 94a (exhibited on the screen in the ante-room)
• 10 March 1981 to 26 April 1981, 'Victorian Paintings at Riverside', Riverside Studios, London