Study for 'Perseus and Andromeda': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Perseus and Andromeda': Composition
Date: c.1890
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 50.8 x 37.5 cm
Location: Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Picture credit: c Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
Reference number: 8588
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink.

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'Perseus and Andromeda' (c.1891, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). This drawing is very similar to the composition of the finished painting. 

Provenance

Sold through Christies (auctioneers) on 01 October 1973 (lot 87); purchased by P. & D. Colnaghi (art dealer); from whom purchased by the Walker Art Gallery on 12 October 1973 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.171 (listed under catalogue number 358)
• Rhys, Ernest, 'Frederic Lord Leighton, Late President of the Royal Academy of Arts: An Illustrated Record of his Life and Work', George Bell and Sons, London, 1900, illustrated opposite p.58