Study for 'Elijah in the Wilderness': Composition

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Elijah in the Wilderness': Composition
Date: c.1877
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 18.3 x 16.4 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1151

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'Elijah in the Wilderness' (c.1878, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). It is close to the composition of the finished oil painting. 

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.164 (listed under catalogue number 251)