Study for 'Count Paris...' : Waiter

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Count Paris...' : Waiter
Date: c.1857
Media: Black chalk and bodycolour on white paper
Dimensions: 38.1 x 27.9 cm
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Picture credit: By Courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Reference number: E.1850-1910
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower edge "Romola" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "ú56" encircled.

Description

Study of a male figure carrying a dish, for the painting of 'Count Paris...' (c.1856-58, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide). 

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

• Baldry, Alfred Lys, 'Lord Leighton's Sketches', The Magazine of Art, 1896, illustrated on p.69
• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.151 (listed under catalogue number 35)
• 'Exhibition of Works by the Late Lord Leighton of Stretton President of the Royal Academy: Winter Exhibition', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1897, p.41 catalogue number 206(1)
• Staley, Edgcumbe, 'Lord Leighton of Stretton, P.R.A.', The Walter Scott Publishing Company, London, 1 

Exhibition history

• 04 January 1897 to 13 March 1897, 'Exhibition of Works by the Late Lord Leighton of Stretton President of the Royal Academy: Winter Exhibition', Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 206(1)