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An image of Wedded by Lord Frederic Leighton

Lord Frederic Leighton

(England 1830–1896)

Title
Wedded
Year
1882
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas [later mounted on hardboard]
Dimensions

145.4 x 81.3cm

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1882
Accession number
784
Location
19th c European art
Provenance (1)

Source unknown, Purchased by the AGNSW in London, possibly from the Royal Academy 1882

Bibliography (13)

'Eliezer Montefiore from Barbados to Sydney' by Roslyn Russell, pg. 11-14., National Library of Australia news Dec 2008, Dec 2008, 12.

Fine Art Society PLC (England, estab. 1876) (Author), The Fine Art Society Story, part 1, London, 2001, 9 (colour illus.).

John Christian (Author), Victorian dreamers: masterpieces of neo-classical and aesthetic movements in Britain, 1989, (colour illus.). plate no. 17

Annabel Davie (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Domain, 1988, 42.

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 111 (illus.).

Magazine of Art 1985-1986, 1985-1986, 212.

Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Editor), Jan Meek (Australia) (Editor), Portrait of a Gallery, Sydney, 1984, 16.

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Peter Laverty (England; Australia, b.1926) (Author), Victorian Olympians, Sydney, 1975, 6-7, 19, 45 (colour illus.). cat.no. 18

Leonée Ormond (Author), Richard Ormond (Author), Lord Leighton, United States of America, 1975, 80, 99, 119, 120, 128, 166. cat.no. 290; plate no. 174

Editor Unknown (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Domain, 1972, 35 (colour illus.).

Mrs R Barrington (Author), Leighton, 1906, Vol. II; 29, 381. plate no. 29

E. Staley (Author), Leighton, London, 1906, 92, 123, 124.

Editor Unknown (Editor), The Bookman, 1896, vol. 9; 184.

Exhibition history (5)

Royal Academy of Arts, 1882, Exhibition Venue Unknown, 1882–1882.

Victorian Olympians, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 20 Jun 1975–20 Jul 1975.

Victorian Olympians, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 12 Aug 1975–14 Sep 1975.

Victorian Olympians, Art Gallery of South Australia, 26 Sep 1975–26 Oct 1975.

Victorian dreamers: masterpieces of neo-classical and aesthetic movements in Britain, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, 08 Apr 1989–07 May 1989.