Studies for 'Fatidica', 'The Spirit of the Summit', 'Summer Slumber' and 'The Bracelet': Thumbnail Compositions

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Drawing details

Title: Studies for 'Fatidica', 'The Spirit of the Summit', 'Summer Slumber' and 'The Bracelet': Thumbnail Compositions
Date: c.1893
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 28.0 x 36.8 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0741
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" embossed. Inscribed on reverse, centre "F86" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Upper left of sheet: thumbnail sketch of the composition of the painting 'Summer Slumber' (c.1894, private collection). Upper centre of sheet: thumbnail sketch of the composition of the painting 'The Spirit of the Summit' (c.1894, Auckland City Art Gallery). Upper right of sheet: two thumbnail sketches of the composition of the painting 'The Bracelet' (c.1894, private collection). Lower left of sheet: thumbnail sketch of the composition of the painting 'Fatidica' (c.1894, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight). Lower half of sheet: full-length study for the same figure. The pose is similar to the finshed work. 

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 (Fine Art Society reference number F86); purchased from the Fine Art Society through the Leighton Fund for ú6:6:0; presented to Leighton House Museum in c.1897 

Bibliography

• Anon., 'Catalogue of Drawings by the late Lord Leighton Preserved for the Nation', Leighton House Committee, 1897, p.26 catalogue number 1 (Small Sketches for Various Pictures)
• 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 94c
• Ormond, Leon+e and Ric 

Exhibition history

• April 1897 to c.1899, 'Drawings by the late Lord Leighton Preserved for the Nation', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 1 (Small Sketches for Various Pictures)
• 09 April 1900 to at least 1936, 'The Leighton House Collection' (intended to be a permanent display), Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 28b (exhibited on the staircase)