Study for 'Kittens': Composition

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Kittens': Composition
Date: c.1882
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 18.5 x 13.5 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1129
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Kittens 1885 No. 73" in pencil.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'Kittens' (c.1883, untraced). 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.167 (listed under catalogue number 304)
• Christie's London, 'Impressionist and Nineteenth Century Art', 24th June 1998, lot 31