Studies for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Studies for 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace': Composition
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: 1946.35.50
Inscriptions: Inscribed "masks / jewellery / musical inst / [illegible] / flowers gardens / textiles / carpets / mirrors / fans - umbrellas / baskets. / bronze d'art" in silverpoint, in the artist's hand.

Interpretation

Stephen Jones, former curator at Leighton House Museum, suggested this drawing may be an early study for the fresco 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace'. The inscriptions on this page may be a list of items required as props for the production of painting.

Description

Page from a sketchbook. Two sketches for the composition of the fresco 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace' (1883-86, Victorian and Albert Museum). 

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.