Study for an Illustration for 'A Week in a French Country House': 'An Evening in a French Country House', Interior Including a Fireplace

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Drawing details

Title: Study for an Illustration for 'A Week in a French Country House': 'An Evening in a French Country House', Interior Including a Fireplace
Date: c.1866
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 16.7 x 20.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/1031

Description

Rough study of part of an interior, dominated by a broad fireplace for the illustration 'An Evening in a French Country House' (published 1867, 'Cornhill Magazine'). To the left of the composition, an object, probably the back of a chair, can be seen. There is a mantle over the fireplace on which ornaments are 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); presented by Matthews to Mr. Sandercock in c.1896; by descent to his son, T. C. Sandercock; presented to Leighton House Museum by T. C. Sandercock in 1958