Frederic Lord Leighton: An Illustrated Record of His Life and WorkRhys, Ernest
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Frederic Lord Leighton: An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work
Rhys, Ernest
Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896
1855. *CIMABUE'S CELEBRATED MADONNA IS CARRIED IN PROCESSION THROUGH
THE STREETS OF FLORENCE. In front of the Madonna, and crowned with
laurels, walks Cimabue himself, with his pupil Giotto; behind it,
Arnolfo di Lapo, Gaddo Gaddi, Andrea Tafi, Nicola Pisano,
Buffalmacco and Simone Memmi; in the corner, Dante.
(87-1/2 × 205 in.) R.A.[16]
" THE RECONCILIATION OF THE MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS over the dead
bodies of Romeo and Juliet. Paris International Exhibition.[17]
1856. THE TRIUMPH OF MUSIC. (80 × 110 in.) R.A.
"Orpheus, by the power of his art, redeems his wife from Hades."
1857. *SALOME, the daughter of Herodias. (44-1/2 × 25 in.)
1858. *THE MERMAID (THE FISHERMAN AND THE SYREN).
(From a ballad by Goethe.) (26-1/2 × 18-1/2 in.) R.A.
"Half drew she him,
Half sunk he in,
And never more was seen."
" "COUNT PARIS, accompanied by Friar Lawrence and a band of
musicians, comes to the house of the Capulets, to claim his
bride: he finds Juliet stretched apparently lifeless on her
bed."--_Romeo and Juliet_, act IV., sc. 5. (26-1/2 × 18-1/2 in.) R.A.
" REMINISCENCE OF ALGIERS. S.S.
_These were_,
[A SUBJECT FROM KEATS'S HYMN TO PAN,] _in the first book of
"Endymion," a figure of Pan under a fig-tree, with the
inscription_,
"_O thou, to whom
Broad-leaved fig-trees even now foredoom
Their ripen'd fruitage;_"
_and the other_,
[A PENDANT TO THE "PAN,"] _the figure of a nude nymph about
to bathe, with a little Cupid loosening her sandal._
1859. SUNNY HOURS. R.A.
" *ROMAN LADY (La Nanna). R.A.
" *NANNA (Pavonia). R.A.
" SAMSON AND DELILAH. S.S.
1860. CAPRI--SUNRISE. R.A.
1861. *PORTRAIT OF MRS. SUTHERLAND ORR. [Mrs. S. O., a portrait.]
(28 × 18 in.) R.A.
" *PORTRAIT OF JOHN HANSON WALKER, ESQ. (23 × 17 in.)
" PAOLO E FRANCESCA. R.A.
"Ma solo un punto fu quel che ci vinse
Quando legemmo il disiato riso
Esser baciato da cotanto amante,
Questi, che mai da me non fia diviso,
La bocca mi baciò tutto tremante:
Galeotto fu'l libro e chi lo scrisse:
Quel giorno più non vi legemmo avante."
" A DREAM. R.A.
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