Study for 'David': Composition

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'David': Composition
Date: c.1864
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 12.3 x 18.0 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1165
Inscriptions: Inscribed upper right "37 1/2 / 46 -" in pencil in the artist's hand. (These figures may refer to the dimensions of the canvas, which are approximately 38 by 48 1/2 inches.)

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'David' (1865, private collection). The tracing differs from the finished painting as it shows a lyre in the lower left corner which does not feature in the finished work. The angle of the chair also differs slightly. 

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.156 (listed under catalogue number 116)