Houses on a Cliff Top in the Mediterranean (possibly on Capri)
Sir Frederic Leighton, Lord Leighton PRA (Scarborough 1830 – Kensington 1896)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1859
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
318 x 405 x 45 mm
Place of origin
Capri
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Hill Top, Cumbria
NT 642004
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Houses on a Cliff Top (possibly Capri) in the Mediterranean by Sir Frederic Leighton, Lord Leighton PRA (Scarborough 1830 – Kensington 1896), circa 1859. An oil sketch of houses on a cliff top against deep blue sky, a Mediterranean scene.
Provenance
Leighton posthumous studio Sale,11th-13th July 1896, lot 5 or 190; bought by Potter [Rupert], Beatrix's father; bequeathed to the National Trust by Beatrix Potter, Mrs William Heelis, 1944
Makers and roles
Sir Frederic Leighton, Lord Leighton PRA (Scarborough 1830 – Kensington 1896), artist