Study for 'Perseus on Pegasus': Perseus

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Perseus on Pegasus': Perseus
Date: c.1895
Media: Black chalk on grey-brown paper
Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.8 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0773
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "327" encircled, in black ink, crossed out in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, lower right "23" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower centre "ú2.2.0" in pencil.

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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; collection of Leighton House Museum 

Bibliography

• Simon, Robin (editor), 'Lord Leighton 1830-1896 and Leighton House: A Centenary Celebration', Apollo Magazine, London, 1996, p.38