Sketchbook of the 1870s

Drawing details

Title: Sketchbook of the 1870s
Date: 1870s
Media: Pencil on white paper, leather binding
Dimensions: 14.2 x 9.7 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 06/3016
Inscriptions: Inscriptions include: "delight in emphasized concert and harmony of many parts & breadth produced by repetition... analogy to a chorus of many voices - order and richness - breath and sky studded with stars." (Probably refers the 'The Daphnephoria');

Interpretation

Refering to the collection at Hamilton Palace, the Ormonds note: "Leighton knew the collection well, making extensive notes on it [in this book] for the winter exhibitions". They also suggest that studies in this book are in preparation for the paintings 'The Daphnephoria' (c.1874-76, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight) and Captive Andromache (c.1888, City Art Gallery, Manchester). [Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.107, 127]

Description

Includes the following studies: f.2r - two studies of unidentified figures; f.26v - study of a dog or a lion; f.31v - studies of standing figures; f.33v - studies of a griffin; f. 32v - studies of figures, possibly relating to 'Captive Andromache;' etc. 

 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.70, 92, 107, 121, 126-127