Study for 'Mrs Charles Magniac': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Mrs Charles Magniac': Composition
Date: c.1863
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 33.3 x 29.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0888
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed upper right "45/36" in black chalk, in the artist's hand. Inscribed on reverse, lower centre "K59" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Study for the composition of the portrait of 'Mrs Charles Magniac' (c.1863, 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 

Bibliography

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.154 (listed under catalogue number 91)