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344 - FREDERIC, LORD LEIGHTON (BRITISH 1830-1896)A STUDY OF ROCKSOil on panelBears later inscription with provenance (verso)12.5 x 20cm (4¾ x 7¾in.)Provenance:The collection of the artistHis posthumous sale, Christie's, Catalogue of the Remaining Works and the Collection of Ancient & Modern Pictures and Water-colour Drawings of the Late Right Honourable Lord Leighton of Stretton, 11 July 1896, lot 148, where purchased by Mrs Russell Barrington (1841-1933).Emilie Isabel Barrington (1841-1933) was a British biographer, artist, and novelist. Barrington formed a friendship with one of Frederic Leighton's sisters, and went on to write the first major biography of the artist: Life, Letters, and Works of Frederic Leighton (1906). After Leighton's death in 1896, Barrington was instrumental in establishing Leighton House as a museum and she acted as President of the Leighton House Society.

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£6,500 (€7,763)

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Estimation

£7,000 - 10,000 (€8,300 - 12,000)

Sale fees

35.4%

FREDERIC, LORD LEIGHTON (BRITISH 1830-1896)A STUDY OF ROCKSOil on panelBears later inscription with provenance (verso)12.5 x 20cm (4¾ x 7¾in.)Provenance:The collection of the artistHis posthumous sale, Christie's, Catalogue of the Remaining Works and the Collection of Ancient & Modern Pictures and Water-colour Drawings of the Late Right Honourable Lord Leighton of Stretton, 11 July 1896, lot 148, where purchased by Mrs Russell Barrington (1841-1933).Emilie Isabel Barrington (1841-1933) was a British biographer, artist, and novelist. Barrington formed a friendship with one of Frederic Leighton's sisters, and went on to write the first major biography of the artist: Life, Letters, and Works of Frederic Leighton (1906). After Leighton's death in 1896, Barrington was instrumental in establishing Leighton House as a museum and she acted as President of the Leighton House Society.

Auction details

19th Century Pictures & Works on Paper
Wednesday, November 4
11:30 AM
Donnington Priory
RG14 2JE Newbury, United Kingdom

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