Study of a Fig Tree

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Drawing details

Title: Study of a Fig Tree
Date: 1871
Media: Pencil on laid white paper
Dimensions: 14.0 x 21.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/1023
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "[illegible]" lower cut off, in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "R57" in pencil, changed to "R2".

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 

Bibliography

• Gaunt, William (introduction), 'High Victorian Art: An Exhibition in Conjunction with the Tate Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the York Art Gallery', Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, 1969, p.33, catalogue number 143 

Exhibition history

• 1969, 'High Victorian Art: An Exhibition in Conjunction with the Tate Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the York Art Gallery', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 143