Sketchbook including Studies of Figures and Notes Relating to a Visit to the Isle of Wight

Painting details

Title: Sketchbook including Studies of Figures and Notes Relating to a Visit to the Isle of Wight
Date: 1862
Media: Pencil on white paper, leather binding
Dimensions: 10.2 cm x 16.5 cm cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London

Interpretation

In this sketchbook (or notebook) Leighton records the expenses of a visit to the Isle of Wight with Adelaide Sartoris. He had also visited the island about two years earlier. [Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.45]

Description

Includes the following studies: f.1r - study of a boat in a harbour; f.1v - study of two figures; f.2r - study of a street with a church; f.3r - study of a coastal scene; f.4r - study over a garden wall towards the sea; etc.

Provenance

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.45