Summer Slumber – Frederic Leighton | British Museum

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Summer Slumber; a young woman with flowing fair hair, lying asleep on the ledge of a large square fountain in a garden, her hands loosely clasped at her breast, barefoot and wearing a gauzy dress; a cat sleeps on the floor beneath her head in the right foreground; bas-reliefs and statues around the fountain show figures of sleepers, doves and potted plants stand on the other sides of the ledge; in the background to left is a portico with fluted columns; in the distance is a view of a landscape with a river; after Leighton; engraver’s proof. 1898
Mezzotint with etching on chine collé

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