'Moorish Garden; a Dream of Granada'

Painting details

Title: 'Moorish Garden; a Dream of Granada'
Date: c.1874
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 104.1 x 101.6 cm
Location: Teacher's College, Australia

Description

View of a garden. A rectangular shaped horizontal pond is at the centre of the canvas. In the background, the pond extends to the archway of a domed building. A row of continuous foliage archways runs the length of the pond on the right side of the canvas. Between the archways there are various green grasses and shrubs. One single foliage archway crosses the middle of the canvas. In the foreground a young female figure is dressed in drapery. The figure is looking over her shoulder at two peacocks that follow her.

Provenance

Collection of Sir Joesph Pease; sold through Christie's, London 28 March 1903 (lot 140); purchased by Sir Charles Trevelyan; sold through Christie's, London 25 July 1930 (lot 70); purchased by Howard Hinton; presented to Teacher's College, Armidale, N. S. W., Australia by Howard Hinton in 1937

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.162, catalogue number 226

Exhibition history

• 1874, Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 131
• 1895, Guildhall, catalogue number 53
• 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 78