'Whispers'

Painting details

Title: 'Whispers'
Date: c.1881
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 122 x 76.2 cm
Location: Untraced
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (illustrated from a photogravure)

Drawings related to 'Whispers'

Description

Full-length seated male and female figure, facing the viewer.

Provenance

Collection of Mrs. Bloomfield Moore; sold through Christie's, London (auctioneers) on 05 May 1900, (lot 44); collection Mrs. James Watney; collection Hon. Mrs. Charles Leyel; sold through Christie's, London (auctioneers) on 11 February 1949, (lot 63); purchased by Newman; untraced.

Bibliography

  • Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.164, catalogue number 283

Exhibition history

  • 1881, Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 585
  • 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 66

Reproductions

Photogravure by A. Tooth and Sons (61 x 33), 1893

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