Studies for an Illustration for 'A Week in a French Country House': 'Drifting'

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Drawing details

Title: Studies for an Illustration for 'A Week in a French Country House': 'Drifting'
Date: c.1866
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 24.3 x 32.3 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0780
Inscriptions: Inscribed centre right "2 / w / nu" in pencil, inscription partially obscured by glue of old mount. Inscribed upper right "[two illegible words]" in pencil, inscription partially obsured by glue of old mount. Inscribed on reverse of backing board, ce

Description

Studies for the illustration 'Drifting' for 'A Week in a French Country House' (published 1867, 'Cornhill Magazine'). 

Provenance

Presented to Leighton House Museum by Sir Bernard Partridge (cartoonist, 1861-1945) in 1927 

Exhibition history

• 1969, 'Display of Drawings and Paintings in the Winter Studio and Perrin Gallery', Leighton House Museum, catalogue number 15
• 19 September 2005 to 09 December 2005, 'The Leighton Drawings Project: A Preview', Leighton House Museum, London