Study for 'Daedalus and Icarus': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Daedalus and Icarus': Composition
Date: c.1868
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 19.7 x 15.2 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/704
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Daedalus & Icarus 1869 no. 98" in pencil.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'Daedalus and Icarus' (c.1869, The Faringdon Collection). This tracing is compositionally very close to the finished painting except in a few small details such as the windswept hair of Icarus which was not retained in the finished painting. 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.160 (listed under catalogue number 186)