'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War'

Painting details

Title: 'The Arts of Industry as Applied to War'
Date: c.1878-80
Media: Spirit fresco
Dimensions: 488.0 x 1067.0 cm
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum

Interpretation

This fresco was commissioned for a lunette in the South Court of the South Kensington Museum in London, now the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Provenance

Commissioned by the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum)

Bibliography

  • Barrington, Mrs. Russell, 'The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic, Lord Leighton', George Allen, London, 1906, volume II, p.193-194, 224
  • Jones, Stephen, et al., 'Frederic Leighton (1830-1896)', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, p.38
  • Newall, Christopher, 'The Art of Lord Leighton', Phaidon Press Ltd., London, 1990, p.76, 77, 80, illustrated on p.76
  • Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.91, 124, 164 catalogue number 256
  • Rhys, Ernest, (prefatory

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