Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Male and Female Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Male and Female Figures
Date: c.1894
Media: Black and white chalk on grey-brown paper
Dimensions: 28.4 x 36.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0749
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Phoenicians + Britons" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse of the backing board, centre "P - Bartering with / Britons / L" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower centre "

Interpretation

This drawing was owned by Lord Henry Brougham Loch (Governor of the Isle of Man, 1827-1900) who was the cousin of Leighton's brother in law Colonel Sutherland George Gordon Orr (married 07 March 1857, d.1858). Loch and Leighton remained friends for forty years until Leighton's death, and Leighton supported Loch's projects to encourage the appreciation of art. [See Barrington, Mrs. Russell, 'The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic, Lord Leighton', George Allen, London, 1906, volume I, p.3-4 and volume II, p.334]. Loch presented Leighton House Museum with five studies for the fresco 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons' (1894-95, Royal Exchange).

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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 E61); purchased from the Fine Art Society by Lord Henry Brougham Loch (Governor of the Isle of Man, Victoria and Cape Colony, 1827-1900); presented to Leighton House Museum by Loch in c.1897 

Bibliography

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.172 (listed under catalogue number 381)