Study for an illustration for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery': 'Samson Carrying Away the Gates of Gaza', Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for an illustration for 'Dalziel's Bible Gallery': 'Samson Carrying Away the Gates of Gaza', Composition
Date: 1863-64
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 24.1 x 32.7 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0852
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Samson with gates of Gaza" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, lower centre "B11" encircled, in pencil, written sideways.

Description

 

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 

Exhibition history

• 1969, 'Display of Drawings and Paintings in the Winter Studio and Perrin Gallery', Leighton House Museum, catalogue number 75
• 19 September 2005 to 09 December 2005, 'The Leighton Drawings Project: A Preview', Leighton House Museum, London