View of a Landscape with Trees

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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 Trees
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 "die mSchtigen BSume b. Cilio" in brown ink, which translates from the German as "the mighty trees by Cilio".

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