The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton
Reading edition
BY
MRS. RUSSELL BARRINGTON
AUTHOR OF "REMINISCENCES OF G.F. WATTS," ETC. ETC.
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. II
LONDON GEORGE ALLEN, RUSKIN HOUSE 1906
[All rights reserved]
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. At the Ballantyne Press
LORD LEIGHTON From the portrait by G.F. WattsToList
CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER I
FIRST STUDIO IN LONDON, 1859-1863 36
CHAPTER II
ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CORNHILL MAGAZINE—FRESCO FOR LYNDHURST CHURCH—ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY—MRS. LEIGHTON'S DEATH, 1863-1865 91
CHAPTER III
JOURNEYS TO THE EAST—CONSTANTINOPLE—SMYRNA—ATHENS—DIARY "UP THE NILE TO PHYLÆ," 1866-1869 128
CHAPTER IV
ROYAL ACADEMICIAN—MUSIC—ARAB HALL, 1869-1878 188
CHAPTER V
LEIGHTON AS PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY, 1878-1896 223
CHAPTER VI
LIFE WANING—DEATH, 1887-1896 312
APPENDIX
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS 341
LORD LEIGHTON'S HOUSE 362
LIST OF DIGNITIES AND HONOURS CONFERRED ON FREDERIC LEIGHTON 380
LIST OF PRINCIPAL WORKS 381
INDEX 393
ERRATA