Study for 'Music': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Music': Composition
Date: c.1884
Dimensions: 8.7 x 45.6 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/3003

Interpretation

This is probably the drawing seen in a photograph of Leighton's studio.

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'Music' (1883-85, Leighton House Museum). 

Provenance

Bequeathed by the artist to his sisters, Mrs Augusta Matthews and Mrs Alexandra Orr; from whom purchased by FAS in 1896; from whom purchased by Harry W. Birks in 1897; Christopher Wood Gallery; Mallett; private collection; Sotheby's, London, Victorian Pictures, 3 November 1993; Christopher Wood Gallery; from whom purchased by Leighton House Museum in 2006 

Bibliography

• Gere, Charlotte, et al., 'A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton', Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, 2006, p.86 catalogue number 5.4 (illustrated) 

Exhibition history

• 08 November 2006 to 25 February 2007, 'A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton', Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 5.4