Property from the Collection of Sir Christopher Ondaatje
Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S
Cleoboulos instructing his daughter Cleobouline
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December 7, 01:32 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
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Property from the Collection of Sir Christopher Ondaatje
Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S
British
1830 - 1896
Cleoboulos instructing his daughter Cleobouline
oil on canvas, in its original frame
Unframed: 61 by 100.5 cm., 24 by 39½in.
Framed: 91 by 131.5cm., 35¾ by 51¾in.
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.
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.
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.
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