Draft:Stitching the Standard
description and provenance of the painting Stitching the Standard by Edmund Leighton
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Stitching the Standard (1911) is a painting by Edmund Blair Leighton.[1]
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| Artist | Edmund Leighton |
| Year | 1911 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Movement | Pre-Raphaelite |
| Dimensions | 98 cm × 44 cm (39 in × 17 in) |
| Owner | Private collection |
This painting is of a maiden on the battlements of a medieval castle making the finishing touches to a standard or pennant which depicts a black eagle on a gold background. The woman has taken her needlework into the daylight, away from the rest of the castle.[1] Stitching the Standard cannot be removed from the context of late Pre-Raphaelitism, when life was untarnished by World War I and other artists moved away from traditional realism.[2][3][4]
There is no painting listed by Leighton's biographer Alfred Yockney by the name Stitching the Standard in his list of the artist's work, but it is possibly the picture entitled The Device among the pictures from 1911.[5] The painting has been sold under multiple names throughout its history.[1]
Provenance
On 23 April 1928, the painting was bought by W. W. Sampson at Christie's under the title Preparing the Flag. On 26 September 1977, as Awaiting his Return, it was bought at Phillips by Richard Green in London. On 27 June 1978, the painting was sold at Sotheby's in Belgravia as Stitching the Standard to a private collector for £373,250.[1]