'Sister's Kiss'

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Painting details

Title: 'Sister's Kiss'
Date: c.1880
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 306.5 x 54 cm
Location: Private Collection, India
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (illustrated from 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.

Provenance

Collection W. B. Greenfield; sold through Christie's, London 24 June 1921, (lot 9); purchased by Sampson; collection Ranjitsinhji; private collection, India.

Bibliography

• Jones, Stephen et al., 'Frederic Leighton', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, p.128. Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.164, catalogue number 269
• 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.36, illustrated opposite p.36

Exhibition history

• 1880, Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 142
• 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 19

Reproductions

Line Engraving by Lumb Stocks, R.A. (48 x 23), 1884