Study of a Boy and View of the Interior of a Mosque

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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: Study of a Boy and View of the Interior of a Mosque
Date: 1845-65
Media: Pencil and watercolour on white paper
Dimensions: 29.5 x 41.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0438 p.25
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Thor des [illegible] des Sultan [illegible] / in [illegible]" in brown ink, which translates from the German as "Gate of [illegible] of the sultan [illegible] in [illegible]". Inscribed with colour notes including "gld" and "gr

Interpretation

Seated boy in Turkish costume holding a falcon. Islamic architectural sketch.

Description

Page from a sketchbook. View of a landscape with trees and a small town at the right, in the distance. 

Provenance

Presented to Leighton House Museum by 1926