Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace': Relief

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace': Relief
Date: c.1872
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 15.8 x 15.8 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/1122
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Project" in pencil. Stamped upper right "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "Z" encircled, in pencil, written sideways. Inscribed on reverse, lower centre "J / 70" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Study for the composition of the sculpted relief seen to the left of the fresco 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace' (1883-86, Victoria and Albert Museum). 

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 

Exhibition history

• 19 September 2005 to 09 December 2005, 'The Leighton Drawings Project: A Preview', Leighton House Museum, London