Study for 'Flaming June': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Flaming June': Composition
Date: c.1894
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 10.5 x 10.2 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/722
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "(59.3)" in pencil. Inscribed lower right "Flaming June no. 13" in pen and ink. The squares are numbered horizontally from 1-6.

Interpretation

This tracing is slightly more detailed than another tracing for the same figure, also at the Royal Academy (reference number 04/721) and is probably later.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'Flaming June' (c.1895, Museo de Arte Ponce, Puerto Rico). 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.172-3 (listed under catalogue number 388)