1946.35.4: Blank page; verso: Inscription

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1946.35.4

People

Frederic Leighton, British (Scarborough England 1830 - 1896 London England)

Title

Blank page; verso: Inscription

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook page, drawing

Date

19th century

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/47198

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Metalpoint on prepared paper

Dimensions

12.3 x 7.2 cm (4 13/16 x 2 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, metalpoint, in artist's hand: Ashridge-- / Ly M-- / Stothard's [--] -- / Baddington sale / Val [--] / Costa [--] / [--] / Richmond / [--] Part VII / Legros [--] 1Lecture-- / Lehmann 3 [--] -- / Halle 3 [--] / Armstrong Lecture-- / Wortley [--] / Aitchison [--] / Richmond. Pr. VII

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Geoffrey Steele's Bookshop, Mahopac, NY, sold to Fogg, 1946.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund

Accession Year

1946

Object Number

1946.35.4

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Commentary

Inscriptions refer to: George Aitchison (1825-1910; architect of Leighton House in London), the artists Alphonse Legros (1837-1911), Wilhelm Rudolf Lehmann (1819-1905), and Thomas Armstrong (1832-1911), and Charles Halle (1846-1919; co-director of the Grosvenor Gallery).

Related Works

• 1946.35.1-62

  Frederic Leighton

  Sketchbook

  Drawings

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