Live Auction 11148Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art
Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
Lot 22

Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)

Study of a young woman, for 'Under the Plane Tree' from George Eliot's 'Romola'

Closed16 June 2015

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Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
Study of a young woman, for 'Under the Plane Tree' from George Eliot's 'Romola'
black and white chalk on blue paper
11 ¼ x 17 ¼ in. (28.6 x 43.8 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie’s , London, 7 June 1996, lot 563.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 11 November 1998, lot 286.
with The Leicester Galleries, London.
with Peter Nahum, London, where purchased by the present owners.

Specialist note

The present drawing relates to the tenth chapter of Romola in which Tito, is distracted from a more important mission when he rescues the child Tessa from a carnival crowd and falls asleep while keeping her company.