Produced by Jeannie Howse, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original | | document has been preserved. | | | | The Errata at the end of the book have been incorporated | | into this e-book. | | | | Index entries referring to footnotes have been renamed | | to match footnote numbers in this document. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * [Illustration] The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Baron Leighton Of Stretton VOL. II "_I am a workman first, and an official after._" --FRED. LEIGHTON, 1888. "_Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, Doch ein Character in dem Strom der Welt._" --GOETHE. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton BY MRS. RUSSELL BARRINGTON AUTHOR OF "REMINISCENCES OF G.F. WATTS," ETC. ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II LONDON GEORGE ALLEN, RUSKIN HOUSE 1906 [All rights reserved] Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. At the Ballantyne Press [Illustration: LORD LEIGHTON From the portrait by G.F. Watts] CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER I FIRST STUDIO IN LONDON, 1859-1863 36 CHAPTER II ILLUSTRATIONS FOR _CORNHILL MAGAZINE_--FRESCO FOR LYNDHURST CHURCH--ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY--MRS. LEIGHTON'S DEATH, 1863-1865 91 CHAPTER III JOURNEYS TO THE EAST--CONSTANTINOPLE--SMYRNA--ATHENS--DIARY "UP THE NILE TO PHYLÆ," 1866-1869 128 CHAPTER IV ROYAL ACADEMICIAN--MUSIC--ARAB HALL, 1869-1878 188 CHAPTER V LEIGHTON AS PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY, 1878-1896 223 CHAPTER VI LIFE WANING--DEATH, 1887-1896 312 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME II 1. PORTRAIT OF LORD LEIGHTON (_Photogravure_) To face Dedication By G.F. WATTS.