II. YEAR BY YEAR--1855 TO 1864 12 III. YEAR BY YEAR--1864 TO 1869 21 IV. YEAR BY YEAR--1870 TO 1878 28 V. YEAR BY YEAR--1878 TO 1896 39 VI. HIS METHOD OF PAINTING 54 VII. MURAL DECORATION, SCULPTURE, AND ILLUSTRATION 61 VIII. DISCOURSES ON ART 71 IX. LORD LEIGHTON'S HOME 88 X. LORD LEIGHTON'S HOUSE IN 1900. BY S. PEPYS COCKERELL 92 XI. THE ARTIST AND HIS CRITICS 103 XII. CONCLUSION 115 APPENDIX I. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WORKS 121 II. LIST OF LANDSCAPES AND STUDIES SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S (JULY, 1896) 132 INDEX 137 List of Illustrations I. FIGURE SUBJECTS. PAGE WINDING THE SKEIN _Frontispiece_ _By permission of the Fine Art Society._ (_Photogravure plate._) CIMABUE'S MADONNA 10 _By the gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen._ GOLDEN HOURS 21 _By the kind permission of Lord Davey._ HELEN OF TROY 22 _By permission of Messrs. H. Graves and Co._ ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE 22 _By the kind permission of Francis Reckitts, Esq._ VENUS DISROBING FOR THE BATH 24 _By the kind permission of Alexander Henderson, Esq._ ELECTRA AT THE TOMB OF AGAMEMNON 24 DÆDALUS AND ICARUS 26 _By the kind permission of Alexander Henderson, Esq._ ST. JEROME 26 _By the kind permission of the President and Council of the Royal Academy of Arts._ HERCULES WRESTLING WITH DEATH FOR THE BODY OF ALCESTIS 30 _By the kind permission of Sir Bernhard Samuelson._ SUMMER MOON 30 _By the kind permission of the late Alfred Morrison, Esq., from the photogravure published by Messrs. P. and D. Colnaghi and Co._ THE JUGGLING GIRL 32 _By the kind permission of Lord Hillingdon._ A CONDOTTIERE 32 _By permission of the Corporation of Birmingham._