View of a Landscape in Austria

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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 in Austria
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.27
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "V÷slau" in pencil, possibly in the artist's hand.

Description

Page from a sketchbook. View of a landscape. In the foreground a hill slopes upwards to the right which has been extensively eroded or quarried with entrances to caves or tunnels visible at lower right. Beyond the hill is an empty plain with a row of hills rising in the distance. 

Provenance

Presented to Leighton House Museum by 1926