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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1946.35.2
People
Frederic Leighton, British (Scarborough England 1830 - 1896 London England)
Title
Inscription; verso: Inscription, with Sketch of Head and Shoulders of a Woman
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/47199

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: recto, metalpoint, in artist's hand: [includes:] Libraria Veaf / [--] W. Dobinson / 25 Montague Sq / raw [--] stretched / but not sized--Russell Square / take bookbinders paste / (flour) well boiled. mix / with oil--add gesso / whiting--then flake / white in powder-- then / mix the whole with / water ad lib.--apply one / coat with brush--then / let dry, then add as / many as desirable / medium starch--well boiled / --quite clear when--settles / add oil--say a teaspoon to a cup
  • inscription: verso, metalpoint, in artist's hand: [includes:] [--] figs dull on [--] grd / [--] mulbs - br. gld & / black arm. knight--white horse / wm pink [--] gold sky-- / dark br. trees. / [--] / Blk knight [--] do. arm. Do castel [--] / --moon. blk sky / [--] blk Huts - high ivy tower / battlements-- [?] wm / sky dusky grey. / [--] well in to temple Pompeii / [--] O. with sundial / Verit in p. / Aug [--] arab boys [--] / [--] JP / lyre [--] / face pale / [--] dk / [--] / [--]

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
1946.35.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
The notations are probably for a recipe for creating a plaster surface for "The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace," 1883-86, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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