Study for an Illustration for 'Romola': 'A Recognition'

Drawing details

Title: Study for an Illustration for 'Romola': 'A Recognition'
Date: c.1862
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 16.8 x 11.0 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1037
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "No 67" in pen and ink.

Interpretation

This scene shows the character Tito in the market, next to him is Fra Luca who has been sent to find Tito and pass on a message regarding his father, Baldassare.

Description

Traced study for the illustration 'A Recognition', Chapter VIII, Book I ('A Face in the Crowd') for 'Romola' (first published in parts in the 'Cornhill Magazine' July 1862 to August 1863). This tracing, though reversed, is similar to the finished illustration. 

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