Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S

Cleoboulos instructing his daughter Cleobouline

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July 5, 07:17 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 500,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Sir Christopher Ondaatje

Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S

Scarborough 1830–1896 London

Cleoboulos instructing his daughter Cleobouline

oil on canvas, in its original frame

61 x 100.5 cm.; 24 x 39½ in.

Purchased from the artist by Ernest Leopold (1819–1873) and Elizabeth Benson (1827–1878), 10 Kensington Gardens, London;

Her posthumous sale, London, Christie's, 1 May 1880, lot 56, to Thomas Agnew & Sons on behalf of Edward North Buxton (1840–1924), Leytonstone House, Leytonstone;

His sale, London, Christie's, 10 March 1916, lot 91 (unsold);

Thence by descent in the Buxton family until 1996;

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 6 November 1996, lot 303, where purchased after the sale by Sir Christopher Ondaatje.

The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, exh. cat., London 1871, p. 47, no. 1118;

The Times, 15 May 1871, p. 6;

Art Journal, 1871, p. 177;

Spectator, 1871, p. 704;

Athenaeum, 1871, p. 180;

Academy, 1871, p. 308;

Daily News, 29 April 1871, p. 6;

The Era, 7 May 1871, p. 4;

The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, 20 May 1871, p. 13;

The Chelmsford Chronicle, 26 May 1871, p. 5;

Birmingham Daily Gazette, 16 November 1880, p. 5;

The Morning Post, 3 May 1880, p. 8;

The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, 5 May 1880, p. 2;

The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, 8 May 1880, p. 8;

Art Journal, 1887, p. 251;

Royal Jubilee Exhibition, exh. cat., Manchester 1887, p. 40;

E. Rhys, Sir Frederic Leighton, Bart., P.R.A., London 1895, p. 19;

E. Rhys, Frederic Lord Leighton, London 1898, p. 23;

E. Rhys, Frederic Lord Leighton, London 1904, p. 20;

Mrs R. Barrington, The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton, 2 vols, London 1906, vol. II, p. 192;

Daily Telegraph, 2 February 1906, p. 5;

E. Staley, Lord Leighton of Stretton, P.R.A., London 1906, p. 86;

L. and R. Ormond, Lord Leighton, London 1975, pp. 90, 133, 158 and 161, no. 199;

S. Jones, C. Newall, L. Ormond, R. Ormond and B. Read (eds), Frederic, Lord Leighton – Eminent Victorian Artist, exh. cat., London 1996, p. 179;

The Daily Telegraph, 19 April 1997, p. 69.

London, Royal Academy, 1871, no. 1118;

London, International Exhibition, 1872, no. 469;

Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887, no. 440;

London, Royal Academy, Leighton Memorial Exhibition, 1897, no. 45;

London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition, 1906, no. 113.