Study for 'Children of Count Bentinck': Adrian Somerset Marryat

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Children of Count Bentinck': Adrian Somerset Marryat
Date: c.1851
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 33.7 x 27.3 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/674
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Early Study" in pencil. Labelled on mount "(1) Study of a child's head. Black and white chalk on paper on brown / paper. / (2) Two studies of heads, and seven studies of hands. / Black chalk and Chinese white on brown paper." i

Interpretation

This was one of Leighton's earliest paintings, carried out while he was still training in Frankfurt.

Description

Study of Adrian Somerset Marryat for the painting 'Children of Count Bentinck' (1851-52, private collection). 

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