'Invocation'

Painting details

Title: 'Invocation'
Date: c.1889
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 140 x 84 cm
Location: Private Collection

Provenance

Collection of E. M. Denny; collection of Sir Gerald Gordon Ley, Bart; sold through Sotheby's (auctioneers) on 17 February 1971 (lot 42); purchased by Hartnoll and Eyre (art dealers); collection of C. Gridley

Bibliography

• Newall, Christopher, 'The Art of Lord Leighton', Phaidon Press Ltd., London, 1990, p.80, 118, 119
• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.169
• 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.48

Exhibition history

• 1889, Royal Academy, catalogue number 31
• 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 9

Reproductions

Mezzotint by J. D. Miller (53 x 33), 1893