Study for an Illustration for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery': 'Samson at the Mill', Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for an Illustration for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery': 'Samson at the Mill', Composition
Date: 1863-64
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 23.8 x 23.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0851
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Design for Samson at the Mill" in black chalk. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse "B12" encircled, in pencil, written sideways.

Description

Study for the composition of the illustration 'Samson at the Mill' for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery' (published 1880-81). 

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