'May Sartoris (Mrs Evans Gordon)'

Painting details

Title: 'May Sartoris (Mrs Evans Gordon)'
Date: c.1860
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 152.0 x 90.0 cm
Location: Kimbell Art Museum, Texas

Description

Full-length female figure facing the viewer and holding the front of her skirt with her right hand. The figure is in contemporary dress and wears a large black feathered hat, black cape and a black skirt or dress. The sleeves and collar of a white blouse can be seen beneath her cape and a long red scarf is around her neck. The figure walks along a country lane. In the background a felled tree, hilly fields and a windmill can be seen.

Provenance

By family descent to Mrs M. Turner; New-house Galleries, New York (art dealers); bequeathed to the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas by Kinbell in 1964

Bibliography

• Jones, Stephen, et al., 'Frederic Leighton (1830-1896)', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, catalogue 20
• Newall, Christopher, 'The Art of Lord Leighton', Phaidon Press Ltd., London, 1990, p.32, 34
• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.45, 121, 153, plate VI
• 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.43

Exhibition history

• 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 43