English painter and sculptor (1830–1896)

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Parodies of pictures at the Royal Academy: a woman in the centre surrounded by candles in holders, a man (Frederic Leighton RA) with a box of collars, a goose girl, soldiers in battle and women at tables. Wood engravings by Dalziel Brothers after J.G Thomson, 1871.

Frederick, Lord Leighton. Photograph by John & Charles Watkins.

Cimabue's Madonna carried in procession through Florence. Photogravure after Frederick Leighton.

A girl wearing a bonnet with a fur rim. Mezzotint by J.D. Miller, 1888, after F. Leighton.

Certificate admitting William Burges to the Royal Academy, 1881. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani, 1786.

Weaving, ceramic manufactures, clothing and coiffure displayed through personifications as industrial arts applied to peace. Process print after C. Brown after F. Leighton.

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Frederic Leighton

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Works from the collections

A girl wearing a bonnet with a fur rim. Mezzotint by J.D. Miller, 1888, after F. Leighton.

Cimabue's Madonna carried in procession through Florence. Photogravure after Frederick Leighton.

Certificate admitting William Burges to the Royal Academy, 1881. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani, 1786.

Weaving, ceramic manufactures, clothing and coiffure displayed through personifications as industrial arts applied to peace. Process print after C. Brown after F. Leighton.