Study for 'The Bracelet': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Bracelet': Composition
Date: c.1893
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 19.8 x 8.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/1107
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscription on reverse: not visible.

Interpretation

Note this item is window mounted with another item marked 736 but there is uncertainty about the identification as other numbers are also marked on these items - re-check

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'The Bracelet' (c.1894, private collection). 

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