Lord Frederick Leighton (British, 1830-1896)

 Apprehending a thief

 pencil on paper

signed ‘F Leighton’ (lower right)

the fragment measures approx. 17.1/3 x 11in.

(44 x 28cm.)

 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