VOLUME II
Reading edition
1. Portrait of Lord Leighton (Photogravure) By G.F. Watts. To face Dedication
2. Head of Young Girl (Colour) A wedding gift to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, who graciously gave permission for the painting to be reproduced in this book. To face page 1
3. "Eucharis," 1863 (Colour) By kind permission of Mrs. Stephenson Clarke. 9
4. "A Noble Lady of Venice," 1866 (Photogravure) By kind permission of Lord Armstrong. 10
5. "Greek Girls Picking up Shells by the Seashore," 1871 (Photogravure) By kind permission of the Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain. 18
6. Portrait of Mrs. Sutherland Orr, 1861 57
7. Pencil Sketch for "Michael Angelo Nursing his Dying Servant," 1862 Leighton House Collection. 93
8. Original Sketch for "Samson Wrestling with the Lion" Designed as an illustration for Dalziel's Bible. Leighton House Collection. 94
9. Original Drawing for the Great God Pan, Illustrating Mrs. Browning's Poem, "Musical Instrument" In "Cornhill Magazine," July 1861. Leighton House Collection. 102
10. "An Evening in a French Country House," Illustrating Mrs. Adelaide Sartoris' Story, "A Week in a French Country House," Published in the Cornhill Magazine, 1867 By kind permission of Messrs. Smith, Elder, & Co. 103
11. "Drifting." Second Illustration for same 104
12. Lord Leighton Photograph taken at Lyndhurst, 1863. 107
13. Fresco for Lyndhurst Church—"The Wise and Foolish Virgins," 1864 111
14. "Greek Girl Dancing," 1867 By kind permission of Mr. Phillipson. 125
15. Sketch for a "Pastoral," 1866 Leighton House Collection. 125
16. Sketch in Oils—"Egypt" (Colour) 131
17. "S. Jerome." Diploma Work, 1869 Gallery in Burlington House. 188
18. "Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon" 189
19. "Heracles Wrestling With Death for the Body of Alcestis," 1871 By kind permission of the Fine Art Society. 190
20. "Summer Moon," 1872 By kind permission of Messrs. P. & D. Colnaghi. 193
21. "A Condottiere," 1872 The Walker Fine Art Gallery, Birmingham. 193
22. Study for Figure in Frieze, "Music," 1886 Leighton House Collection. 193
23. Study of Man's Figure for the "Arts of War," 1872 Leighton House Collection. 193
24. Study of Man's Figure for the "Arts of War" Leighton House Collection. 193
25. Study of Man's Figure for the "Arts of War," 1872 Leighton House Collection. 193
26. "Antique Juggling Girl," 1874 (Photogravure) By kind permission of Mr. Hodges. 194
27. "Clytemnestra from the Battlement of Argos Watches for the Beacon Fires which are to announce the Return of Agamemnon," 1874 (Photogravure) Leighton House Collection. 194
28. Study for "Clytemnestra" Leighton House Collection. 194
29. Study for "Summer Moon" (Colour) Executed by moonlight in Rome. Given by the late A. Waterhouse, R.A., to the Leighton House Collection. 194
30. "The Daphnephoria," 1876 By kind permission of the Fine Art Society. 197
31. "At a Reading-desk," 1877 By kind permission of Messrs. L.H. Lefevre & Son. 197
32. Original Study for "An Athlete Struggling with a Python," 1876 Given by the late G.F. Watts to the Leighton House Collection. 199
33. "Nausicaa," 1878 201
34. Study for Group in the "Arts of Peace," 1873 Leighton House Collection. 202
35. Study for the Figure of Cimabue, carried out in Mosaic in the South Court of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1868 Leighton House Collection. 203
36. Study for the Figure of Niccola Pisano, carried out in Mosaic in the South Court of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1868 Leighton House Collection. 203
37. Sketch of the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by Lord Leighton, when present at a Monday Popular Concert in St. James's Hall Drawn at the time by Mr. Theodore Blake Wirgman. 216
38. Portrait of Sir Richard Francis Burton, K.C.M.G., 1876 218
39. View of Arab Hall, 1906 Leighton House Collection. 221
40. Portrait of Professor Giovanni Costa Executed at Lerici in 1878. 222
41. "Elijah in the Wilderness," 1879 255
42. Study for the Figure of "Elijah" Leighton House Collection. 255
43. "Neruccia," 1879 (Photogravure) By kind permission of Mrs. C.E. Lees. 255
44. "The Bath of Psyche," 1890 (Photogravure) The Tate Gallery. 255
45. "The Light of the Harem," 1880 By kind permission of the Leicester Gallery. 256
46. Drawing of Complete Design for "And the Sea Gave up the Dead that were in it," 1892 256
47. Study for "Music." A Frieze, 1886 Leighton House Collection. 256
48. Study for "Andromeda," 1890 Leighton House Collection. 256
49. Study from Clay Model for "Perseus," 1891 Leighton House Collection. 256
50. Study for "Phoenicians Bartering With Britons" Leighton House Collection. 256
51. "Cymon and Iphigenia," 1884 (Photogravure) The Corporation of Leeds. 256
52. Sketch in Oils for "Cymon and Iphigenia" (Colour) By kind permission of Mrs. Stewart Hodgson. 256
53. Study for Sleeping Group in "Cymon and Iphigenia" Presented to the Leighton House Collection by G.F. Watts. 256
54. From Bronze From Small Model in Clay by Lord Leighton of "A Sluggard," 1886 Leighton House Collection. 258
55. "Needless Alarms," From Bronze Statuette, 1886 Leighton House Collection. 258
56. "The Last Watch of Hero," 1887 Corporation of Manchester. 259
57. Sketch in Oils for "Tragic Poetess," 1890 (Colour) By kind permission of Mrs. Stewart Hodgson. 259
58. "Atalanta," 1893 By kind permission of the Berlin Photographic Co. 261
59. "Flaming June," 1895 By kind permission of Mrs. Watney. 261
60. Study for "Flaming June" Leighton House Collection. 261
61. "Fatidica," 1894 By kind permission of Messrs. T. Agnew & Sons. 261
62. Studies for "Fatidica" Leighton House Collection. 261
63. "Memories," 1883 By kind permission of Messrs. P. & D. Colnaghi. 266
64. "The Jealousy of Simœtha the Sorceress," 1887 266
65. "Letty," 1884 (Colour) By kind permission of Mrs. Henry Joachim. 266
66. Studies From Dorothy Dene for "Clytie," 1895 Leighton House Collection. 268
67. Sketch in Oils for "Greek Girls Playing at Ball," 1889 (In Colour) By kind permission of Mrs. Stewart Hodgson. 274
68. "Bacchante," 1892 (Photogravure) By kind permission of Messrs. Henry Graves & Co. 287
69. Sketch in Oils for "Bacchante" (Colour) By kind permission of Mrs. Stewart Hodgson. 287
70. "Der Winter" Drawing by Eduard von Steinle. 304
71. Sketch in Oils for "Solitude" (Colour) By kind permission of Mrs. Stewart Hodgson. 310
72. "Summer Slumber," 1894 (Photogravure) By kind permission of Mr. Phillipson. 316
73. Sketch for "Summer Slumber" Presented to the Leighton House Collection by H.M. The King. 316
74. "The Fair Persian," 1896 By kind permission of Sir Elliott Lees. 324
75. "The Spirit of the Summit," 1894 334
76. Study for "Lachrymæ," 1895 Leighton House Collection. 335
77. "Clytie," 1896 By kind permission of the Fine Art Society. 336
78. Memorial Monument in St. Paul's Cathedral to Frederic Baron Leighton of Stretton 340
79. View of Hall and Staircase of Leighton House, given by Lord Leighton's Sisters to the Public as a Memorial to their Brother By kind permission of Mr. J. Harris Stone. 340
HEAD OF YOUNG GIRL Wedding present from Lord Leighton to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, who has graciously allowed the painting to be reproduced in this bookToList