'Study; at a Reading Desk'

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Painting details

Title: 'Study; at a Reading Desk'
Date: 1877
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 163.2 x 72.4 cm
Location: Sudley House, Liverpool
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (illustrated from a photogravure)

Description

Seated female child, turned to the left. The figure is cross legged on an Oriental rug facing a decorative reading stand with a book resting in the stand. The face is in profile reading the book. The figure's hands rest in her lap. The figure wears decorative peach silk clothes. The background shows a decorative tiled wall, which includes a flower motif.

Provenance

Collection of Augusta Smith; purchased by George Holt; bequeathed to Sudley House, Liverpool by Emma Holt in 1944

Bibliography

• Jones, Stephen et al., 'Frederic Leighton', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, catalogue number 73
• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.163, catalogue number 240

Exhibition history

• 1877, Royal Academy of Arts, London, with title 'Study', catalogue number 1268
• 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 8