Frederic, Lord Leighton

Key facts

Full title	On the Coast, Isle of Wight
Artist	Frederic, Lord Leighton
Artist dates	1830 - 1896
Date made	perhaps 1860
Medium and support	Oil on canvas laid on board
Dimensions	21.5 × 39.3 cm
Acquisition credit	The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
Inventory number	L849
Location	On loan: Gere Collection Paintings to the Ashmolean (2024 - 2026), The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK
Image copyright	The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery, © Private collection 2004. Used by permission
Collection	Main Collection

On the Coast, Isle of Wight

This oil sketch shows a stretch of the Isle of Wight coastline from Ventnor looking west towards Woody Head in the Saint Lawrence region. The red-roofed turret peaking through the trees at the right belongs to the Chalet Hotel, built in the mid-19th century and still standing. The identification of the coastline was made by Mark Collins, a resident of the Isle of Wight. His recognition of the site suggests that this painting can be identified with the previously untraced oil sketch entitled 'On the Coast, Isle of Wight', that was sold with the contents of Leighton's studio in 1896 after his death.

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On the Coast, Isle of Wight by Frederic, Lord Leighton

Frederic, Lord Leighton, 'On the Coast, Isle of Wight', perhaps 1860

On the Coast, Isle of Wight

On the Coast, Isle of Wight

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