Study for 'Captive Andromache': Composition

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Captive Andromache': Composition
Date: c.1888
Media: Black chalk on buff paper
Dimensions: 19.1 x 39.3 cm
Location: Manchester Art Gallery
Picture credit: Manchester City Art Galleries
Reference number: 1964.289

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'Captive Andromache' (c.1888, Manchester Art Gallery). 

Provenance

Collection of Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d.1950); purchased from J. S. Maas (dealer) by Manchester City Art Gallery (now Manchester Art Gallery) in 1964. 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.169 (listed under catalogue number 334) 

Exhibition history

• 19 November 1978 to 07 January 1979, 'Victorian High Renaissance', Manchester City Art Gallery (now Manchester Art Gallery)