Study for an Illustration for 'Romola': 'Suppose you let me look at myself'

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Drawing details

Title: Study for an Illustration for 'Romola': 'Suppose you let me look at myself'
Date: c.1862
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 16.4 x 11.0 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/945
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "No. 32" in pen and ink.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the illustration 'Suppose you let me look at myself', Chapter III (The Barber's Shop), of the book 'Romola' (1862-63). Apart from being reversed, the composition of this tracing is identical 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