Study for 'Lachrymae': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Lachrymae': Composition
Date: c.1894
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 19.8 x 8.8 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1168
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "No. 5" in pen and ink. The drawing is squared up, with the squares numbered from 1-12 from top to bottom.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'Lachrymae' (c.1895, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). 

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.173 (listed under catalogue number 390)