Frederic Leighton, to Prof. Church

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

LEI/44/7

Title

Frederic Leighton, to Prof. Church

Date

17 Dec 1880

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

He forgot to ask a question when Church recently visited. Talks of a previous medium whereby his prepared his canvas with flour, water, oil, whitening and flake white. this was ok, but it yellowed. He wonders if it would work if he substituted starch for the flour.