Study for 'Memories': Composition

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Memories': Composition
Date: c.1882
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 23.5 x 19.2 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1195
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "No. 118 / No 118" in pen and ink.

Interpretation

There are very few known studies for this work. A study in chalk for the composition at Leighton House Museum may be the drawing that this tracing was made from (reference number LHO/D/0625).

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'Memories' (c.1883, private collection). The pose of the central figure is close to the pose in the finished painting, although here the eyes appear to be half-closed, whereas they are open in the finished work. The drawing is squared up. 

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 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.167 (listed under catalogue number 305)