Lord Leighton PRA, Tracing for a frieze of birds for the staircase of 44 Belgrave Square, c. 1870.
Pencil and watercolour on tracing paper. 38 mm x 139 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Tracing for a frieze of birds for the staircase of 44 Belgrave Square, c. 1870
Lord Leighton PRA (1830 - 1896)
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38 mm x 139 mm
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