Study for 'Summer Slumber': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Summer Slumber': Composition
Date: c.1893
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 15.3 x 19.1 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/720
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "59 / 2" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed lower left "1894" in pencil. Inscribed lower centre "Summer Slumber / 1894" in pencil. Inscribed lower right "No 110 46 x 65" pen and ink (46 by 65 inches is the size of the finished canva

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'Summer Slumber' (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 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.172 (listed under catalogue number 382)