Study for 'The Family of Darius before Alexander': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Family of Darius before Alexander': Composition
Date: c.1855-77
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 16.9 x 23.4 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0759
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Women imploring visitor" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink.

Description

Study for the composition of the project 'The Family of Darius before Alexander' (c.1855-1877, untraced). 

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

• Staley, Edgcumbe, 'Lord Leighton of Stretton, P.R.A.', The Walter Scott Publishing Company, London, 1906, p.218