View of a Bay, Spain
Sir Frederic Leighton, Lord Leighton PRA (Scarborough 1830 – Kensington 1896)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1860 - 1896
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
180 x 270 mm
Place of origin
Spain
Order this imageCollection
Hill Top, Cumbria
NT 642003
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, View of a Bay, Spain by Sir Frederic Leighton, Lord Leighton PRA (Scarborough 1830 – Kensington 1896). Sketch in oil of a coast line;. Frame for 642003 - Oil painting on canvas, View of a Bay, Spain by Sir Frederic Leighton, Lord Leighton PRA (Scarborough 1830 – Kensington 1896). Sketch in oil of a coastline with cliffs in the background and waves in the foreground. The gilt frame has a beaded inner edge before the water-gilded slip. Number 19 inscribed on top member of slip in pencil further labels on bottom slip member "from Chas. D. Soar, Carbour and Gilder, 1, Sussex Villas, Victoria Grove, Kensington."
Provenance
Leighton posthumous studio Sale,11th-13th July 1896, lot 160; bought by Potter [Rupert], Beatrix's father; bequeathed to the National Trust by Beatrix Potter, Mrs William Heelis, 1944
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: (printed label on reverse of canvas gives artist)
Makers and roles
Sir Frederic Leighton, Lord Leighton PRA (Scarborough 1830 – Kensington 1896), artist