View of a Landscape with the Molo Bridge

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Drawing details

Artist: Formerly attributed to Leighton, Lord, Frederic (1830-1896), Baron of Stretton, P.R.A., painter and sculptor
Title: View of a Landscape with the Molo Bridge
Date: 1852-55
Media: Pencil and watercolour on white paper
Dimensions: 41.0 x 29.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0437 p.17
Inscriptions: Inscribed in Italian lower right "Ponte Molo" in pencil, which translates as "Molo Bridge", possibly in the artist's hand.

Description

Page from a sketchbook. View from an elevated position of a wide, open plain through which a river meanders. At middle left a bridge made up of six arches crosses the river. In the distance is a row of hills. 

Provenance

Presented to Leighton House Museum by 1926