'...Serenely Wandering in a Trance of Sober Thought'
"... SERENELY WANDERING IN A TRANCE OF SOBER THOUGHT" (1885)
Design for the Reverse of the Jubilee Medallion
DESIGN FOR THE REVERSE OF THE JUBILEE MEDALLION (1887)
The studies in oil, chiefly landscape, of quite small size, few of which had been exhibited, were sold, with the remaining works of the artist, by Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods on July 11th, 13th, and 14th, 1896, when the prices realized, from 50 to 100 guineas each for the best, were in excess of those the most sympathetic admirer of Lord Leighton's singular power as a landscape-painter had dared to expect. For convenience of future reference, the list of these as they appear in the sale catalogue may be worth the space it occupies; the numbers denote the "lot."
There were also copies made by Leighton himself ofPeace and Warafter Rubens, theMassacre of the Innocents, after Bonifazio,A Martyrdom, and theLast Supper, after Veronese.
The huge collection of studies, mainly in chalk upon brown paper, made by Lord Leighton, were nearly all preserved; two hundred and forty of these were exhibited by the Fine Art Society, who bought the whole collection, and afterwards published a volume containing forty reproduced in facsimile.
Fountain in Court at Damascus
FOUNTAIN IN COURT AT DAMASCUS
The Island of Aegina
THE ISLAND OF ÆGINA: PNYX IN FOREGROUND
Red Mountains Desert
RED MOUNTAINS DESERT, CAIRO
Ruined Mosque Broussa
RUINED MOSQUE, BROUSSA
City of Tombs
CITY OF TOMBS, ASSIOUT, EGYPT
Athens
ATHENS WITH THE GENOESE TOWER: PNYX IN FOREGROUND
Coast of Asia Minor
COAST OF ASIA MINOR SEEN FROM RHODES
Titles of Pictures are printed in italics.