Study for 'Study; at a Reading Desk': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Study; at a Reading Desk': Composition
Date: c.1876
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 12.7 x 16.2 cm
Location: Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Picture credit: c Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
Reference number: 6303
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Girl reading. Design for picture" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "[?]38" encirlced, in pencil. Inscribed on former mount "Sketch for his 1877 painting 24 x 28 inches whi

Interpretation

The inscription on the former mount of this drawing refers to the completed painting 'Study; at a Reading Desk' (1877, Emma Holt Bequest, Sudley House), which was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Winter Exhibition in 1897 (catalogue number 8), and was then in the collection of a Mrs. George Holt.

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'Study; at a Reading Desk' (1877, Emma Holt Bequest, Sudley House). 

Provenance

Probably collection of Mrs. D'Arcy Heart; sold through Christies (auctioneers) on 02 July 1954 (lot 317); purchased by Agnew's (fine art dealer) (no. 16119); purchased by H. C. Green; sold by Green through Sotheby's (auctioneers) in 1964 (lot 287); purchased by Alister Matthews; from whom purchased by the Walker Art Gallery in 1965 

Exhibition history

• 1878, Paris Universal Exhibition