Study for 'Portrait of Sir Edward Ryan': Composition

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Portrait of Sir Edward Ryan': Composition
Date: c.1870
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 30.7 x 25.5 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1088
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "No 102" in pen and ink.

Interpretation

Sir Edward Ryan (1793-1875) was appointed Chief Justice of Bengal in 1833. On his return to England ten years later, he became a privy councillor and civil service commissioner.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'Portrait of Sir Edward Ryan' (1871, Society of Dilettanti). The drawing 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