71. SKETCH IN OILS FOR "SOLITUDE" (_Colour_) 310 By kind permission of Mrs. STEWART HODGSON. 72. "SUMMER SLUMBER," 1894 (_Photogravure_) 316 By kind permission of Mr. PHILLIPSON. 73. SKETCH FOR "SUMMER SLUMBER" 316 Presented to the Leighton House Collection by H.M. THE KING. 74. "THE FAIR PERSIAN," 1896 324 By kind permission of Sir ELLIOTT LEES. 75. "THE SPIRIT OF THE SUMMIT," 1894 334 76. STUDY FOR "LACHRYMÆ," 1895 335 Leighton House Collection. 77. "CLYTIE," 1896 336 By kind permission of the FINE ART SOCIETY. 78. MEMORIAL MONUMENT IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL TO FREDERIC BARON LEIGHTON OF STRETTON 340 79. VIEW OF HALL AND STAIRCASE OF LEIGHTON HOUSE, GIVEN BY LORD LEIGHTON'S SISTERS TO THE PUBLIC AS A MEMORIAL TO THEIR BROTHER 340 By kind permission of Mr. J. HARRIS STONE. [Illustration: HEAD OF YOUNG GIRL Wedding present from Lord Leighton to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, who has graciously allowed the painting to be reproduced in this book] THE LIFE OF LORD LEIGHTON INTRODUCTION SIR WILLIAM RICHMOND, R.A., and Mr. Walter Crane have kindly contributed the following notes:-- It was in 1860 that I first knew Leighton. We met over affairs connected with the Artist Rifle Corps at Burlington House, and afterwards at the studios of various artists, where discussions took place regarding the formation and means of conduct of the Corps. On several occasions I walked home with Leighton to his house in Orme Square.