Study for 'Idyll': Composition

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Idyll': Composition
Date: c.1880
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 11.6 x 20.2 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1169
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Idyll No. 74 1881" in pencil.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'Idyll' (c.1880-81, private collection). 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.165 (listed under catalogue number 276)