Study for 'Mrs. Henry Evans Gordon (May Sartoris)': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Mrs. Henry Evans Gordon (May Sartoris)': Composition
Date: c.1874
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 21.9 x 23.9 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/969
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "No 115" in pen and ink.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'Mrs. Henry Evans Gordon' (1875, Leighton House Museum). The tracing includes a vase on the left of the composition which does not feature in 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.163 (listed under catalogue number 232)