Study for 'Perseus and Andromeda': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Perseus and Andromeda': Composition
Date: c.1890
Media: Black chalk on tracing paper
Dimensions: 29.8 x 17.3 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/719
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "Perseus & Andromeda 1891" in pen and ink. Inscribed lower right "No. 105" in pen and ink.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'Perseus and Andromeda' (c.1891, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). This drawing is identical to the composition of the finished painting except that the arrow is higher up in the neck of the sea monster here. 

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 358)