Study for 'The Garden of the Hesperides': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Garden of the Hesperides': Composition
Date: c.1892
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 21.4 x 20.8 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/929
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "The Garden of the Hesperides" in pencil. Inscribed lower centre "No 129 60 x 48" in pen and ink. Inscribed lower right "1892" in pencil. The tracing is also divided into squares which are numbered 1-12 from top to bottom and 1

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'The Garden of the Hesperides' (c.1892, Lady Lever Art Gallery). This composition is similar to the finished painting although there are minor differences in details such as the open mouth of the serpent. 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 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.171 (listed under catalogue number 364)