Lord Frederic Leighton (British, 1830 – 1896)

A Medieval Allegory

Pencil on paper

The fragment measures approx. 19.1/2 x 13 in. (49.5 x 33 cm.)

Signed ‘F Leighton’ (lower right)

Provenance: Gifted by Leighton to his cousin Edith Emily Jellicorse, nee Garnham, and thence by descent.

We would like to thank Daniel Robins, the curator at Leighton House for the authenticating this work in full.

Daniel has suggested this study would have been executed when Leighton was studying in Frankfurt.