Frederic Leighton 1st Baron Leighton of Stretton
British, 1830–1896
Study for "Whispers"
before 1881
| Medium | black and white chalk on brown paper |
| Dimensions | Overall: 13 1/16 x 9 3/16 in. (33.1 x 23.4 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.1684 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Frederic Leighton 1st Baron Leighton of Stretton, Study for "Whispers", before 1881, black and white chalk on brown paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1684
Select Bibliography
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Thirty-three: Drawings of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1966.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.. People: Men, Women, and Couples. Jan. 24-April 8, 1979.
S. Pepys Cockerell.. Drawings and Studies by Lord Leighton.. London.. 1898..
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, Standish D. Lawder, and Charles W. Talbot, Jr. Drawings from the Clark Art Institute: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Robert Sterling Clark Collection of European and American Drawings, Sixteenth Through Nineteenth Centuries, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. 2 volumes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964.
Provenance
Atelier of the artist (L. 1741ª);* L. W. Hodson, Compton Hall; Scott & Fowles, New York (bought by Robert Sterling Clark, 1917). *"L." refers to F. Lugt, Les Marques de collections de dessins et d'estampes, Amsterdam, 1921 and Supplément, The Hague, 1956.
