'Widow's Prayer'

Painting details

Title: 'Widow's Prayer'
Date: c.1864-65
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 64 x 61 cm
Location: London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London
Picture credit: London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London

Provenance

Sold through Christie's (auctioneers) in 1867 (according to Redford); collection of Lord Mildmay; sold by Mildmay in c.1947; collection of Cecil French; bequeathed to Fulham Library by French in 1954; collection of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.95, 155
• Rhys, Ernest, 'Frederic Lord Leighton, Late President of the Royal Academy of Arts: An Illustrated Record of his Life and Work', George Bell and Sons, London, 1900, p.23

Exhibition history

• 1865, Royal Academy, catalogue number 120