Study of Asphodel Buds and Flowers

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Drawing details

Title: Study of Asphodel Buds and Flowers
Date: 1867
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 21.0 x 16.6 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0999
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "Lindos/67 / Asphodel / stalk pale violet / more v above / greenish below / l. stalks pale pink. v. / buds. in. white - gr. heart / bloss. white. / stamen green yel. / first green" in pencil, in the artist's hand. Inscribed on re

Interpretation

In 1906 this drawing was on display on screens in the Silk Room at Leighton House Museum

Description

Centre of sheet: study of the stem of an asphodel plant with buds ad some flowers. Right of sheet: faint, rough study of three similar stems in flower. 

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 (Fine Art Society reference number ?); purchased from the Fine Art Society by the Leighton Fund for ú3:3:0; presented to Leighton House Museum in by 1899 

Bibliography

• Barrington, Mrs. Emilie Isabel (preface), '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, London, p.171 catalogue number 60a
• 'Catalogue of Drawings by the late Lord Leighton Preserved for the Nation', Leighton House Committee, 1897, catalogue number 12 first section
• Staley, Edgcumbe, 'Lord Leighton of Str 

Exhibition history

• 09 April 1900 to at least 1936, 'The Leighton House Collection' (intended to be a permanent display), Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 60a (exhibited on screen in the Silk Room)