'Solitude'

Painting details

Title: 'Solitude'
Date: c.1890
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 168 x 76 cm
Location: Maryhill Museum of Art, Washington
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (illustrated from a photogravure)

Interpretation

A guide to Leighton House Museum of 1905 notes that a total of nine drawings were known to exist for the painting 'Solitude' at the time. [Stone, J. Harris, 'Leighton House: The Residence of the Late Lord Leighton P. R. A. and its Contents', The Central Publishing Co., London, 1905, p.16]

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Provenance

Collection of F. W. Armytage of Melbourne; his sale Christie's, 22 May 1897 (lot 121); Sotheby's 20 January 1965 (lot 90); purchased by the Old Gallery Hall, Iden; presented to the Maryhill Museum of Art, Washinton by Dr. W. M. Fitzhugh

Bibliography

  • Jones, Stephen et al., 'Frederic Leighton', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, p.40,193,229,234
  • Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.124-125, 170, catalogue number 348, p.177

Exhibition history

  • 1890, Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 166

Reproductions

Photogravure by Messrs. A. Tooth and Sons (65 x 29 inches)

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