'Day-Dreams'

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Painting details

Title: 'Day-Dreams'
Date: c.1882
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 120.7 x 90.2 cm
Location: Untraced
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (illustrated from a photogravure)

Description

Three-quarter length, standing female figure, facing the viewer. The figure is in classical drapery. The head is tilted to the left of the canvas. The figure's hands are clasped to the side of the right cheek. The figure has long hair which is tied up and is in classical dress. The background shows an decorative wall hanging, embroidery or rug.

Provenance

Collection of James Mason, untraced.

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.164, catalogue number 295
• Rhys, Ernest, (prefatory essay by Stephens, F. G.) 'Sir Frederic Leighton, Bart., P. R. A.: An Illustrated Chronicle', George Bell and Sons, London, 1895, p.37, illustrated opposite p.64

Exhibition history

• 1882, Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 56
• 1887, Manchester, catalogue number 432
• 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 25

Reproductions

Photogravure by Fine Art Society (58 x 42), 1884