Study for 'The Marquand Ceiling': Wreaths, Drapery

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Marquand Ceiling': Wreaths, Drapery
Date: c.1885
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 48.9 x 32.6 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0822
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Study" in pencil. Inscribed lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed lower left "62" partially encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower left "Mrs Edward Stapleton" in black ink written sideways. Inscribed o

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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

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.168 (listed under catalogue number 323) 

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