Study for 'Captive Andromache': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Captive Andromache': Composition
Date: c.1887
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 19.6 x 39.6 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/698
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "No. 93" in pen and ink.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'Captive Andromache' (c.1886-88, Manchester Art Gallery). The composition is identical to that of the finished painting. 

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.169 (listed under catalogue number 334)