Study of a Branch of a Fig Tree

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Drawing details

Title: Study of a Branch of a Fig Tree
Date: 1871
Media: Pencil on laid white paper
Dimensions: 13.9 x 21.7 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/1024 verso
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Botany" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, lower left "P83" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower left corner "5/-" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower left corner

Description

Rough study of a complex arrangement of thin branches of a tree. Small leaves, at the ends of the branches only, are also indicated. 

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 142 

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 142