Study for 'Wedded': Composition

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Wedded': Composition
Date: c.1881
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 18.9 x 11.3 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1130
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Wedded ? 1882 No 77" in pencil.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'Wedded' (c.1881-82, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney). The tracing 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.166 (listed under catalogue number 290)