Geometrical Figure (in Sketch Book With Drawings on Twenty-six Leaves)

Geometrical Figure (in Sketch Book With Drawings on Twenty-six Leaves) by Frederic, Lord Leighton

Medium

Graphite

Dimensions

Sheet (page): 7 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (20 x 27.6 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Fletcher Fund, 1942

Accession Number

42.21(26)

About the Artist

Frederic, Lord Leighton · 18301896

Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830–1896), was born on 3 December 1830 in Scarborough, England, to a prosperous medical family. His father, Dr. Frederic Septimus Leighton, and mother, Augusta Susan, provided him with financial security throughout his life, while his grandfather, Sir James Boniface Leighton, had served as physician to Russian tsars Alexander I and Nicholas I. After early ed...

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