Study for 'The Marquand Ceiling': Arm of Erato

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Marquand Ceiling': Arm of Erato
Date: c.1885
Media: Black chalk and bodycolour on brown paper
Dimensions: 30.0 x 22.2 cm
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Picture credit: By Courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Reference number: 745-1896

Description

Study of an up-raised right arm for figure of Erato, seen in the left panel of 'The Marquand Ceiling' (c.1886, probably private collections). 

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. 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.168 (listed under catalogue number 323)
• Staley, Edgcumbe, 'Lord Leighton of Stretton, P.R.A.', The Walter Scott Publishing Company, London, 1906, p.227