Studies for 'Portions of the Interior of the Grand Mosque of Damascus': Chandelier

Drawing details

Title: Studies for 'Portions of the Interior of the Grand Mosque of Damascus': Chandelier
Date: c.1874
Media: Pencil, pen and ink on tracing paper
Dimensions: 30.5 x 24.3 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 03/4589
Inscriptions: Inscribed upper right "No 109" in pen and ink. Inscribed upper centre "top" in pencil.

Interpretation

Further studies for this chandelier are in a notebook including notes and sketches by Leighton, in the collection at the Royal Academy (reference number LEI/9).

Description

Tracing of a chandelier, with pencil tracings of different views of the same object and two decorative details on the right. 

Provenance

Bequeathed by the artist to his sisters, Mrs. Augusta Matthews (nTe Augusta Neunburg Leighton, 1835-1919) and Mrs. Alexandra Orr (nTe Alexandra Leighton, 1828-1903); presented to the Royal Academy of Arts, London by Matthews and Orr in 1896