1898 Drawings and Studies in Pencil Chalk and Other Mediums Fine Art Society Limited

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First Edition, Limited Edition, Rebound

A rebound copy of this work, in a half calf binding with paper covered boards. A truly lovely example of this work. An uncommon collection of Lord Frederic Leighton's sketches, as the issue of this volume is strictly limited to 500 copies for all countries, and no other edition will be published, the plates having been destroyed. With forty plates total, each with a brief description leaf preceding it. Collated, complete. It was produced by the Fine Art Society in 1898 and comprises of many sketches found in Lord Leighton's portfolios following his death. The forty to this work were displayed on view at the Fine Art Society's rooms in 1896-7. They are from different periods of Leighton's life, and therefore career. Lord Leighton was known for his historical, biblical and classical paintings. With a preface by S Pepys Cockerell, an English architect best known for Sezincote House in Gloucestershire. He states that 'No name stands higher than Leighton's, or, perhaps, so high, either for mastery or for width of range'. A lovely copy of this uncommon work.