View of Capri, Italy

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Drawing details

Title: View of Capri, Italy
Date: 1859
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 27.1 x 20.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0915
Inscriptions: Inscribed and dated, lower left "Capri/59" in pencil, in the artist's hand. Inscribed lower right corner "3" in pencil. Stamped lower left corner "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "O75" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on rev

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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 (Fine Art Society reference number O75); purchased from the Fine Art Society through the Leighton Fund for ú2:2:0; presented to Leighton House Museum in c.1897 

Bibliography

• Anon., 'Catalogue of Drawings by the late Lord Leighton Preserved for the Nation', Leighton House Committee, 1897, p.13 catalogue number 6 or 7 (Landscapes)
• 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, catalogue number 99, 104 or 240
• Gere, Charlotte, et al., 'A Victorian 

Exhibition history

• April 1897 to c.1899, 'Drawings by the late Lord Leighton Preserved for the Nation', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 6 or 7 (Landscapes)
• 09 April 1900 to at least 1936, 'The Leighton House Collection' (intended to be a permanent display), Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 99, 104 or 240
• 08 November 2006 to 25 February 2007, 'A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 2.4