Study for 'And the sea gave up the dead which were in it': Composition

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'And the sea gave up the dead which were in it': Composition
Date: c.1891
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 49.4 x 52.2 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/695
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "And the sea gave up the dead / which were in it / 1892" in pencil. The tracing has been squared up by the artist and the squares numbered horizontally (from 1-23) and vertically, but with the latter, the numerical sequence is no

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'And the sea gave up the dead which were in it' (1891-92, Tate Britain, London). The composition shown here is identical to that of 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.170 (listed under catalogue number 354)