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
" HELEN OF TROY. R.A.
"Thus as she spoke, in Helen's breast arose
Fond recollections of her former lord,
Her home, and parents; o'er her head she threw
A snowy veil; and shedding tender tears
She issued forth not unaccompanied;
For with her went fair Æthra, Pittheus' child.
And stag-eyed Clymene, her maidens twain.
They quickly at the Scæan gate arrived."
" IN ST. MARK'S. R.A.
1866. PAINTER'S HONEYMOON. R.A.
" PORTRAIT OF MRS. JAMES GUTHRIE. R.A.
" SYRACUSAN BRIDE LEADING WILD BEASTS IN PROCESSION TO THE
TEMPLE OF DIANA. R.A.
(Suggested by a passage in the second Idyll of Theocritus.)
"And for her, then, many other wild beasts were going in
procession round about, and among them a lioness."
" THE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS. (Fresco in Lyndhurst Church.)
1867. *PASTORAL. (51-1/2 × 26 in.) R.A.
" *GREEK GIRL DANCING. (Spanish Dancing Girl: Cadiz in the old
times.) (34 × 45 in.) R.A.
" KNUCKLE-BONE PLAYER. R.A.
" *ROMAN MOTHER. (24 × 19 in.) R.A.
" *VENUS DISROBING FOR THE BATH. (79 × 35-1/2 in.) R.A.
" *PORTRAIT OF MRS. JOHN HANSON WALKER. (18 × 16 in.)
1868. JONATHAN'S TOKEN TO DAVID. R.A.
"And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went
out into the field at the time appointed by David, and
a little lad with him."
" *PORTRAIT OF MRS. FREDERICK P. COCKERELL. (23-1/2 × 19-1/2 in.) R.A.
" *PORTRAIT OF JOHN MARTINEAU, ESQ. (23-1/2 × 19-1/2 in.)
" *ARIADNE ABANDONED BY THESEUS; Ariadne watches for his return;
Artemis releases her by death. (45 × 62 in.) R.A.
" *ACME AND SEPTIMIUS. (Circular, 37-1/2 in.) R.A.
"Then bending gently back her head
With that sweet mouth, so rosy red,
Upon his eyes she dropped a kiss,
Intoxicating him with bliss."
CATULLUS (Theodore Martin's translation).
" *ACTÆA, THE NYMPH OF THE SHORE. (22 × 40 in.) R.A.
1869. *ST. JEROME. (Diploma work, deposited in the Academy on his
election as an Academician.) (72 × 55 in.) R.A.
" *DÆDALUS AND ICARUS. (53-1/2 × 40-1/2 in.) R.A.
" *ELECTRA AT THE TOMB OF AGAMEMNON. (59-1/2 × 29 in.) R.A.
" *HELIOS AND RHODOS. (65-1/2 × 42 in.) R.A.
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