'David 'Oh that I had wings of a dove! For then I would fly away and be at rest''

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Painting details

Title: 'David 'Oh that I had wings of a dove! For then I would fly away and be at rest''
Date: c.1865
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 94 x 199 cm
Location: Untraced

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Provenance

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Sold through Christie's (auctioneers) in 1868 (according to Redford); collection of James Leathart; sold by Leathart through Christie's (auctioneers) on 19 June 1897 (lot 39); purchased by Corns; untraced

Bibliography

Jones, Stephen, et al., 'Frederic Leighton (1830-1896)', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, p.140, 141, illustrated on p.140, catalogue number 34
Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.156
Rhys, Ernest, 'Frederic Lord Leighton, Late President of the Royal Academy of Arts: An Illustrated Record of his Life and Work', George Bell and Sons, London, 1900, p.23, 110, illustrated opposite p.24

Exhibition history

1865, Royal Academy, catalogue number 5
04 January 1897 to 13 March 1897, 'Exhibition of Works be the Late Lord Leighton of Stretton President of the Royal Academy: Winter Exhibition', The Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 18

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