Study for 'Count Paris...': Study

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Count Paris...': Study
Date: c.1857
Media: Black chalk and bodycolour on white paper
Dimensions: 45.1 x 22.6 cm
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Picture credit: By Courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Reference number: 726-1896

Description

 

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); purchased by the Fine Art Society; one of 55 drawings purchased by the Victoria and Albert Museum from the Fine Art Society for a total of ú135:18:0 (including a 10% discount) in 1896; recorded as "missing after enemy action" whilst on loan to Stretford High School for Girls in 1941; collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.15 (listed under catalogue number 35)
• Staley, Edgcumbe, 'Lord Leighton of Stretton, P.R.A.', The Walter Scott Publishing Company, London, 1906, p.227