Study of the Trunk of a Lemon Tree

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Drawing details

Title: Study of the Trunk of a Lemon Tree
Date: 1873
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/1025
Inscriptions: Inscribed and dated, upper right corner "Damascus/73 / lemon" in pencil, in the artist's hand. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, upper right "1.025" in blue biro. Inscribed on reverse, centre upper "J" in pencil.

Description

Study of the trunk of a lemon tree which has divided into at least three trunks near the base, and which continues to divide into branches towards the top. A small twig is indicated at the upper centre of the drawing. 

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 P86); purchased from the Fine Art Society by the Leighton Fund for ú2:2:0; presented to Leighton House Museum in c.1899 

Bibliography

• Anon., 'Catalogue of Drawings by the late Lord Leighton Preserved for the Nation', Leighton House Committee, 1897, catalogue number 27 first section
• 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.173 catalogue number 103
• Staley, Edgcumbe, 'Lord Leighton 

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 103 (exhibited in the Ante Room)