Study for 'The Bracelet': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Bracelet': Composition
Date: c.1893
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 19.6 x 8.2 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/731
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "60 x 23" in pencil (this may refer to the size of the canvas which is 60 x 43 inches). Inscribed lower centre "The Bracelet" in pencil. Inscribed lower right "1894" in pencil. Inscribed lower right "No. 6" in pen and ink.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'The Bracelet' (c.1894, private collection). 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