Sheet of Notes

Drawing details

Title: Sheet of Notes
Date: c.1872-73
Media: Silverpoint on paper
Dimensions: 12.3 x 7.2 cm
Location: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Picture credit: Courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Reference number: 1946.35.28 verso
Inscriptions: Inscribed "Inscriptions [three illegible words] / v Crome w. Mill / v Linnell on the landscape / Muller gypsies / Turner Venice / Linnell hay ride [illegible] / Zurbaran [illegible] St. Francis / Wilkie [illegible] + pope PVII / ------------ / galler

Interpretation

The inscriptions on this page include references to John Linnell (1792-1882), Turner and Cheyne Walk, London, where he lived, and Francisco de Zurbarßn (Spanish artist, 1598-1664) The Ormonds note that Leighton had his own system for indicating the quality of the works, when he viewed a private collection. This could explain the marks on the left hand side which appear to be 'v's and '1's.

Description

Page from a sketchbook. 

Provenance

Purchased by the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, from Geoffrey Steele (antiquarian bookseller, c.1907-2000) from his bookshop at RFD 1, Mahopac, New York, in 1946 for $6.00.