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
"Yellow and pale as ripened corn
Which Autumn's kiss frees--grain from sheath--
Such was her hair, while her eyes beneath,
Showed Spring's faint violets freshly born."
ROBERT BROWNING.
" *Design for the reverse of THE JUBILEE MEDALLION. (_Executed
for Her Majesty's Government._) R.A.
_Empire, enthroned in the centre, rests her right hand on
the sword of Justice, and holds in her left the symbol of
victorious rule. At her feet, on one side, Commerce
proffers wealth, on the other a winged figure holds
emblems of Electricity and Steam-power. Flanking the
throne to the right of the spectator are Agriculture and
Industry--on the opposite side, Science, Literature, and
the Arts. Above, interlocking wreaths, held by winged
genii representing respectively the years 1837 and 1887,
inclose the initials,_ V.R.I.
1888. *CAPTIVE ANDROMACHE. (77 × 160 in.) R.A.
".... Some standing by,
Marking thy tears fall, shall say, 'This is she,
The wife of that same Hector that fought best
Of all the Trojans, when all fought for Troy.'"
_Iliad_, VI. (E. B. Browning's translation.)
" *PORTRAIT OF AMY, LADY COLERIDGE. (42 × 39-1/2 in.)
(S.P.P., 1891.) R.A.
" *PORTRAITS OF THE MISSES STEWART HODGSON. (47 × 39-1/2 in.)
" FOUR STUDIES. R.W.S.
" FIVE STUDIES. S.S.
1889. *SIBYL. (59 × 34 in.) R.A.
" *INVOCATION. (54 × 33-1/2 in.) R.A.
" ELEGY. R.A.
" GREEK GIRLS PLAYING AT BALL. (45 × 78 in.) R.A.
" *PORTRAIT OF MRS. FRANCIS A. LUCAS. (23-1/2 × 19-1/2 in.) R.A.
1890. SOLITUDE. R.A.
" *THE BATH OF PSYCHE.[21] (75 × 24-1/2 in.) R.A.
" *TRAGIC POETESS. (63 × 34 in.) R.A.
" *THE ARAB HALL. (33 × 16 in.) (Guildhall, 1890.) R.A.
1891. *PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA. (91-1/2 × 50 in.) R.A.
" *PORTRAIT OF A. B. FREEMAN-MITFORD, ESQ., C.B.
(46-1/2 × 38-1/2 in.) R.A.
" *RETURN OF PERSEPHONE. (79 × 59-1/2 in.) R.A.
" ATHLETE STRUGGLING WITH A PYTHON--group, marble. R.A.
1892. *"AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN IT."
(Circular, 93 in.) R.A.
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