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Details
- Date
- 1882
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas [later mounted on hardboard]
- Dimensions
- 145.4 x 81.3 cm 182.5 x 117.5 x 14cm frame
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1882
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 784
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Frederic, Lord Leighton
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 6 exhibitions
Royal Academy of Arts, 1882, Exhibition Venue Unknown, , 1882–1882
Victorian Olympians, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Jun 1975–20 Jul 1975
Victorian Olympians, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 12 Aug 1975–14 Sep 1975
Victorian Olympians, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 26 Sep 1975–26 Oct 1975
Victorian dreamers: masterpieces of neo-classical and aesthetic movements in Britain, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan, 08 Apr 1989–07 May 1989
Pre-Raphaelites and Olympians. Selected works of Victorian art from the John and Julie Schaeffer and the Art Gallery of New South Wales collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Apr 2001–09 Sep 2001
On the Origin of Art, Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, 05 Nov 2016–17 Apr 2017
Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 89 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Sydney, 1972, col illus p 35.
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Mrs Russell Barrington, Leighton, London, 1906, vol 2, p 29 and note, p 388.
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Emmanuel Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, Paris, 1999, vol 8, 1999, p 463 (incorrectly as watercolour).
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Richard Beresford, Pre-Raphaelites and Olympians, selected works of Victorian art from the John and Julie Schaeffer and the Art Gallery of New South Wales collections, Sydney, 2001, unnumbered, pp 5, 40, col illus p 40.
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Henry Blackburn (Editor), Academy notes, 1882, London, 1882, p 13.
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John E Branch, Picture study in schools, records of the Education Society, no 7, Sydney, 1913, pp 50–51, illus p 50.
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Edmund Capon AM, OBE and Jan Meek (Editors), Portrait of a Gallery, 'European art in the old courts', Sydney, 1984, p 16.
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John Christian, Victorian dreamers: masterpieces of neo-classical and aesthetic; movements in Britain, Tokyo, 1989, pp 111–12, no 17, illus p 112, col illus p 40.
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Alice Corkran, Frederick Leighton, London, 1904, pp 81, 97–98, 196.
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Critic, Sydney Morning Herald, 'Art in Sydney', Sydney, 12 Feb 1887, p 7.
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Paula Dredge and Alan Lloyd, Paintings conservation in Australia from the nineteenth century to the present: connecting the past to the future: contributions to the eleventh AICCM paintings group symposium, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 2008, ‘The sub-committee and the restorer: conservation at the National Art Gallery of NSW 1899–1910’, Canberra, 2008, pp 25–37: pp 27, 28, b&w illus p 36.
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Fine Art Society (London), The Fine Art Society story, part 1, London, 2001, col illus p 9.
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Renée Free and Peter Laverty, Victorian Olympians, Sydney, 1975, pp 6–7, 19, no 18, col illus p 45.
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Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, p 111, illus p 111.
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Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'European', Sydney, 1988, p 42.
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Renée Free and Rose Peel, Dreams and realities, Sydney, 1993, p 2.
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Renée Free, Art and Australia, ‘European Collection’, Sydney, Jul 1972, p 67, illus p 72.
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Algernon Graves, The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904, London, 1905-1906, vol 5, 1906, p 32.
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Arthur Greenwood and Harold W H Stephen, Catalogue descriptive and critical of the Art Gallery with Sydney art notes, Sydney, 1883, p 26.
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Lord Leighton’, Studio, ‘Studies, London, Nov 1896, pp 106–17: p 117. Illustrates two sheets of studies.
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De Libra, Sydney Mail, ‘New treasures at the Art Gallery’, Sydney, 27 Dec 1884, p 1317.
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W J Loftie, Magazine of Art, ‘Art in Australia’, London, 1886, pp 174–75: p 175.
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May L Manning, Magazine of Art, ‘Art in Australia’, London, 1895, pp 215–19: p 218.
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C L M, Sydney Morning Herald, 'Our art gallery (letter)', Sydney, 23 Oct 1884, p 4.
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Wilfred Meynell (Editor), The modern school of art, London, 1886-1888, vol 1, 1886, pp 6–7.
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Cosmo Monkhouse, British contemporary artists, London, 1899, p 104. Gives title as ‘Wedded bliss’.
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William Moore, Studio, ‘The public art galleries of Australia’, London, Apr 1913, pp 202–13: p 210.
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Chiara O'Reilly, Journal of the history of collections, vol 32, no 2, 'Collecting French art in the late 1800s at the Art Gallery of New South Wales', Jul 2020, pp 313–25: pp 317, 319.
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Leonée Ormond and Richard J. Ormond, Lord Leighton, New Haven, 1975, pp 80, 99, 119–20, 128, 166, no 290, 178, illus pl 174.
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S Pepys Cockerell, Drawings & studies in pencil, chalk & other mediums by the late Lord Leighton of Stretton, PRA: facsimiles after the originals with a preface by S Pepys Cockerell, London, 1898, p xi. Related drawings illustrated in plates XX, XXI.
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Martin Postle and William Vaughan, The artist’s model: from Etty to Spencer, York, 1999, p 68, under no 51.
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Harry Quilter, Preferences in art, life and literature, London, 1892, p 344.
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Peter Raissis, The Sydney Modern Project. Transforming the Art Gallery of New South Wales, "Past and present: the place of historical European art in Sydney", Sydney, 2022, pp 126–39: p 132.
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Peter Raissis, Prints & drawings Europe 1500-1900, Sydney, 2014, col illus p 165.
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Benedict Read, Joanna Barnes and Alexander Kader, Leighton and his sculptural legacy: British sculpture 1875–1930, London, 1996, p 28, no 3 (illustration of Amendola plaster), pp 48–49 (illustration of Flameng print).
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Ernest Rhys, Sir Frederic Leighton, Bart, PRA ..: an illustrated chronicle, London, 1895, p 70.
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Ernest Rhys, Frederic, Lord Leighton, late President of the Royal Academy of Arts: an illustrated record of his life and his work, London, 1898, pp 33, 38.
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Tom Roberts, Argus, ‘The National Art Gallery of New South Wales’, Melbourne, 31 Oct 1891, p 4.
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Roslyn Russell, National Library of Australia news, 'Eliezer Montefiore from Barbados to Sydney', Canberra, Dec 2008, p 12.
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Frank Rutter, Sunday Times, ‘Art in Australia – new purchases for Sydney – errors of the past’, London, 24 Sep 1933, p 12.
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M H Spielmann, Magazine of Art, ‘The late Lord Leighton, PRA, DCL, LLD’, London, 1985-1986, pp 197–216: p 212.
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Edgcumbe Staley, Lord Leighton of Stretton, PRA, London, 1906, pp 92, 123–24, 243.
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Triumvir, Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Art, Music and the drama’, Sydney, 14 Sep 1889, p 7.
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Brook Turner, Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Leighton goes home’, Sydney, 07 Feb 1996, p 17.
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Philip Ward-Jackson, Burlington Magazine, vol 138, no 1119, ‘Leighton’s Sculptural Legacy’, London, Jun 1996, pp 417–18: p 418.
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Dr William Wright, The Bookman, 'Lord Leighton at Damascus and after', London, 1896, vol 9, 1896, pp 183–85: p 184.
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Art Journal, ‘The National Gallery of New South Wales’, London, 1884, p 32.
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Sydney Morning Herald, ‘National Art Gallery – third loan interchange’, Sydney, 24 Apr 1896, p 6.
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Catalogue of the reproductions of the late Lord Leighton’s pictures, London, [1896], p [8], illus of photogravure.
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Athenaeum, ‘The Royal Academy – winter exhibition: Lord Leighton’s pictures’, London, 09 Jan 1897, pp 53–54: p 53.
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Magazine of Art, ‘Chronicle of Art – Art in December’, London, 1884, pp ix–xii: p ix.
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National Art Gallery of NSW: illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1906, p 28, no 80, illus p 28.
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Times, ‘Empire theatre – recent exhibitions of living statuary’, London, 28 Jan 1907, p 10.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales Bi-monthly conversational discussions, 1906–7, ‘Fifth bi-monthly conversational discussion at the National Art Gallery of NSW, 9th Aug 1906’, Sydney, 1910, pp 45–56: pp 45, 49.
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Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1884, p 25, no 61, illus p 25 (sketch by EL Montefiore).
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Catalogue of the Art Gallery of New South Wales ... published by sanction of the trustees, Sydney, 1883, p 25, no 59, illus p 25 (sketch by EL Montefiore) and title page (detail).
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1917, pp 26–27, no 71, illus p 27.
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National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1924, p 38, no 109, illus p 39.
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Sydney Morning Herald, 'National Art Gallery', Sydney, 26 Oct 1897, p 6.
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Sydney Morning Herald, 'Fine Arts', Sydney, 20 Dec 1882, p 8.
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Drawings and studies in pencil, chalk & other mediums by the late Lord Leighton of Stretton, PRA, London, 1898, under captions to pls XX and XXI.
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Sydney Mail, 'Fine Arts', Sydney, 25 Nov 1882, p 15.
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Sydney Morning Herald, 'Fine Arts', Sydney, 18 Nov 1882, p 15.
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New South Wales Art Gallery pictures, Sydney, 1931, illus np pl 7.
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An exhibition of a selected number of subject pictures belonging to the national collection, typescript exh cat, Sydney, Jul 1943, p 9.
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Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Sydney, 1972, col illus p 35.
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Athenaeum, ‘The Royal Academy (second notice)’, London, 06 May 1882, pp 576–78: p 578.
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Olympian dreamers, an exhibition of Victorian classical paintings, watercolours, drawings and prints, to celebrate the publication of Christopher Wood’s ‘Olympian Dreamers’ by Constable in October 1983, London, 1983, under no 5.
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Art Gallery of New South Wales annual report 1989, Sydney, 1989, p 75. Loan.
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Illustrated London News, ‘The Royal Academy exhibition’, London, 29 Apr 1882, p 406.
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Saturday Review, 'The Picture Galleries', London, 29 Apr 1882, pp 531–32: p 531.
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Athenaeum, ‘The Royal Academy (first notice)’, London, 29 Apr 1882, pp 544–45: p 544.
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The exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts … the one hundred and fourteenth, London, 1882, p 7, no 71.
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Athenaeum, 'Fine-Art gossip', London, 03 Dec 1881, p 748.
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Illustrated Sydney News, ‘The history of the Art Gallery of NSW’, Sydney, 22 Feb 1888, p 15, illus p 15. Sketch as part of article title.
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Builder, ‘The Royal Academy (second notice)’, London, 06 May 1882, pp 538–39: p 538.
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Magazine of Art, ‘The Chronicle of Art – October 1887’, London, 1887, p iii.
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Sydney Mail, 'Fine Arts', Sydney, 17 Nov 1883, p 921.
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Sydney Morning Herald, 'Fine Arts', Sydney, 10 Nov 1883, p 6.
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Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Pictures in Sydney – figure painting at the Art Gallery’, Sydney, 04 Jun 1887, p 6.
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Art lectures delivered by Sidney Dickenson, MA at the National Art Gallery of New South Wales …, Sydney, 1889, p 43.
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Pall Mall Gazette, ‘The art galleries of Sydney and Melbourne’, London, 25 Sep 1889, p 7.
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Illustrated Sydney News, vol 26, no 17, 'Art Notes', Sydney, 14 Nov 1889, p 20.
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Sydney Mail, ‘The Art Gallery’, Sydney, 02 May 1885, p 920.
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Art Journal, ‘News from New South Wales’, London, 1891, p 159.
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Magazine of Art, ‘The exhibitions’, London, 1882, pp 351–52: p 352.
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Art Journal, ‘The National Gallery of New South Wales, president, Mr E L Montefiore, JP’, London, 1892, pp 77–78: p 78.
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Sydney Morning Herald, 'Art Notes', Sydney, 01 Sep 1894, p 5.
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Catalogue of the loan collections of oil paintings exhibited at the Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide National Galleries on the 1st of September 1894, Sydney, 1894, p 1, no 1, illus opp p 1.
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Provenance
Source unknown, Purchased by the AGNSW in London, possibly from the Royal Academy 1882