Study for 'At the Fountain': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'At the Fountain': Composition
Date: c.1891
Media: Black chalk on tracing paper
Dimensions: 18.7 x 13.7 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1072
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "1892" in pencil. Inscribed lower centre "At the Fountain / At the Fountain" in pencil. Inscribed lower right "No 131" in pencil.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'At the Fountain' (c.1892, Milwaukee Art Museum). The direction of the glance of the female figure is slightly different from that of the finished work. 

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.171 (listed under catalogue number 370)