Study for 'Sisters': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Sisters': Composition
Date: c.1861
Media: Black and white chalk on buff paper
Dimensions: 8.2 x 4.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0799L
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink.

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'Sisters' (c.1862, private collection). 

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