Study for 'At the Fountain': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'At the Fountain': Composition
Date: c.1891
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 27.0 x 21.7 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0805
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" embossed. 2 small pin holes upper left and upper right. Inscribed on reverse, centre "J62" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, "153" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, upper right "153" encircled, in blue bir

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'At the Fountain' (c.1892, Milwaukee Art Museum, U.S.A. ). 

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

• Barrington, Mrs. Emilie Isabel, 'Catalogue: Lord Leighton's House and What it Contains', 1900, reprinted as part of 'A Collection of Essays on Lord Leighton and his Works with Illustrated Catalogue of the Contents of Leighton House', privately published, London, 1900-01, p.161 catalogue number 2b
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.171 (listed under catalogue number 370)
• Staley, Edgcumbe, 'Lord Leighton of Stretton, P.R.A.', The Walter Scott Publ 

Exhibition history

• 09 April 1900 to at least 1936, 'The Leighton House Collection' (intended to be a permanent display), Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 2b (exhibited in the Dining Room)
• 10 March 1981 to 26 April 1981, 'Victorian Paintings at Riverside', Riverside Studios, London

Reproductions

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