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LIST OF PRINCIPAL WORKS

_With date and place of exhibition_

1850 (_circa_). *CIMABUE FINDING GIOTTO IN THE FIELDS OF FLORENCE.[15]
(49-1/2 × 37 in.) Steinle Institute (Frankfort).

1850. THE DUEL BETWEEN ROMEO AND TYBALT. (37 × 50 in.)

1851 (_circa_). THE DEATH OF BRUNELLESCHI. Steinle Institute.

1851. [EARLY PORTRAIT OF LEIGHTON BY HIMSELF.]

1852. *A PERSIAN PEDLAR.

" [BUFFALMACCO, THE PAINTER. A humorous subject, taken from Vasari,
was undertaken about this date.]

1853. PORTRAIT OF MISS LAING (Lady Nias).

1855. *CIMABUE'S CELEBRATED MADONNA IS CARRIED IN PROCESSION THROUGH
THE STREETS OF FLORENCE. In front of the Madonna, and crowned with
laurels, walks Cimabue himself, with his pupil Giotto; behind it,
Arnolfo di Lapo, Gaddo Gaddi, Andrea Tafi, Nicola Pisano,
Buffalmacco and Simone Memmi; in the corner, Dante.
(87-1/2 × 205 in.) R.A.[16]

" THE RECONCILIATION OF THE MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS over the dead
bodies of Romeo and Juliet. Paris International Exhibition.[17]

1856. THE TRIUMPH OF MUSIC. (80 × 110 in.) R.A.

"Orpheus, by the power of his art, redeems his wife from Hades."

1857. *SALOME, the daughter of Herodias. (44-1/2 × 25 in.)

1858. *THE MERMAID (THE FISHERMAN AND THE SYREN).
(From a ballad by Goethe.) (26-1/2 × 18-1/2 in.) R.A.

"Half drew she him,
Half sunk he in,
And never more was seen."

" "COUNT PARIS, accompanied by Friar Lawrence and a band of
musicians, comes to the house of the Capulets, to claim his
bride: he finds Juliet stretched apparently lifeless on her
bed."--_Romeo and Juliet_, act IV., sc. 5. (26-1/2 × 18-1/2 in.) R.A.

" REMINISCENCE OF ALGIERS. S.S.

_These were_,

[A SUBJECT FROM KEATS'S HYMN TO PAN,] _in the first book of
"Endymion," a figure of Pan under a fig-tree, with the
inscription_,

"_O thou, to whom
Broad-leaved fig-trees even now foredoom
Their ripen'd fruitage;_"

_and the other_,

[A PENDANT TO THE "PAN,"] _the figure of a nude nymph about
to bathe, with a little Cupid loosening her sandal._

1859. SUNNY HOURS. R.A.

" *ROMAN LADY (La Nanna). R.A.

" *NANNA (Pavonia). R.A.

" SAMSON AND DELILAH. S.S.

1860. CAPRI--SUNRISE. R.A.

1861. *PORTRAIT OF MRS. SUTHERLAND ORR. [Mrs. S. O., a portrait.]
(28 × 18 in.) R.A.

" *PORTRAIT OF JOHN HANSON WALKER, ESQ. (23 × 17 in.)

" PAOLO E FRANCESCA. R.A.

"Ma solo un punto fu quel che ci vinse
Quando legemmo il disiato riso
Esser baciato da cotanto amante,
Questi, che mai da me non fia diviso,
La bocca mi baciò tutto tremante:
Galeotto fu'l libro e chi lo scrisse:
Quel giorno più non vi legemmo avante."

" A DREAM. R.A.

... "Not yet--not yet--
Still there is trial for thee, still the lot
To bear (the Father wills it) strife and care;
With this sweet consciousness in balance set
Against the world, to soothe thy suffering there
Thy Lord rejects thee not.
Such tender words awoke me hopeful, shriven
To life on earth again from dream of heaven."

" LIEDER OHNE WORTE. R.A.

" J. A. A STUDY. R.A.

" CAPRI--PAGANOS. R.A.

1862. ODALISQUE. R.A.

" *THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. (60 × 23-1/2 in.) R.A.

One of the Magi, from the terrace of his house, stands
looking at the star in the East; the lower part of the
picture indicates a road, which he may be supposed
just to have left.

" SISTERS. R.A.

" *MICHAEL ANGELO NURSING HIS DYING SERVANT. (43 × 36 in.) R.A.

" DUETT. R.A.

" SEA ECHOES. R.A.

" RUSTIC MUSIC.

1863. JEZEBEL AND AHAB, having caused Naboth to be put to death,
go down to take possession of his vineyard; they are met at
the entrance by Elijah the Tishbite: R.A.

"Hast thou killed, and also taken possession?"

" *EUCHARIS. (A Girl with a Basket of Fruit.) (32-1/2 × 22 in.) R.A.

" A GIRL FEEDING PEACOCKS. R.A.

" AN ITALIAN CROSSBOW-MAN. (15 × 24-1/2 in.) R.A.

1864. DANTE AT VERONA. R.A.

" *ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE. (49 × 42 in.) R.A.

"But give them me--the mouth, the eyes,--the brow--
Let them once more absorb me! One look now
Will lap me round for ever, not to pass
Out of its light, though darkness lie beyond!
Hold me but safe again within the bond
Of one immortal look! All woe that was,
Forgotten, and all terror that may be,
Defied--no past is mine, no future! look at me!"
ROBERT BROWNING: _A Fragment_.

" *GOLDEN HOURS. (36 × 48 in.) R.A.

" *PORTRAIT OF THE LATE MISS LAVINIA I'ANSON. (Circular, 12-1/2 in.)

1865. *DAVID. (37 × 47 in.) R.A.

"Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly
away and be at rest." _Psalm_ lv.

" MOTHER AND CHILD. R.A.

" WIDOW'S PRAYER. R.A.

" 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.

1870. A NILE WOMAN. (21-1/2 × 11-1/2 in.) R.A.

" STUDY. S.S.

1871. *HERCULES WRESTLING WITH DEATH FOR THE BODY OF ALCESTIS.
(54 × 104-1/2 in.) R.A.

" GREEK GIRLS PICKING UP PEBBLES BY THE SHORE OF THE SEA. R.A.

" *CLEOBOULOS INSTRUCTING HIS DAUGHTER CLEOBOULINE.
(24 × 37-1/2 in.) R.A.

" VIEW OF ASSIOUT(?) (_A sketch._) S.S.

" SUNRISE AT LONGSOR. (_A sketch._) S.S.

" VIEW OF THE RED MOUNTAINS NEAR CAIRO. (_A sketch._) S.S.

1872. *AFTER VESPERS. (43 × 27-1/2 in.) R.A.

" *SUMMER MOON. (Guildhall, 1890.) (39-1/2 × 50-1/2 in.) R.A.

" PORTRAIT OF THE RIGHT HON. EDWARD RYAN, Secretary of the
Dilettanti Society, for which the picture was painted.
(S.P.P., 1893.) R.A.

" A CONDOTTIERE. R.A.

" *THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS OF WAR at the International Exhibition
at South Kensington. (Monochrome, 76 × 177 in.)

" THE CAPTIVE. S.S.

" AN ARAB CAFÉ, ALGIERS. S.S.

1873. *WEAVING THE WREATH. (Guildhall, 1895.) R.A.

" MORETTA. (Guildhall, 1894.) (20-1/2 × 14-1/2 in.) R.A.

" *THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS OF PEACE. (Monochrome, 76 × 177 in.) R.A.

" A ROMAN. S.S.

" VITTORIA. S.S.

1874. *MOORISH GARDEN: a dream of Granada. (41 × 40 in.)
(Guildhall, 1895.) R.A.

" OLD DAMASCUS: Jews' Quarter. R.A.

" *ANTIQUE JUGGLING GIRL. (Guildhall, 1892.) (41-1/2 × 24 in.) R.A.

" CLYTEMNESTRA from the battlements of Argos watches for the
beacon fires which are to announce the return of Agamemnon. R.A.

" ANNARELLA, ANA CAPRI. D.G.

" RUBINELLA, CAPRI. D.G.

" LEMON TREE, CAPRI. D.G.

" WEST COURT OF PALAZZO, VENICE. D.G.

1875. *PORTION OF THE INTERIOR OF THE GRAND MOSQUE OF DAMASCUS.
(62 × 47 in.) R.A.

" *PORTRAIT OF MRS. H. E. GORDON (35-1/2 × 37 in.) R.A.

" *LITTLE FATIMA. (15-1/2 × 9-1/4 in.) R.A.

" VENETIAN GIRL. R.A.

" *EGYPTIAN SLINGER. (Eastern Slinger Scaring Birds in
Harvest-time: Moonrise.) (Guildhall, 1890.) R.A.

" FLORENTINE YOUTH. S.S.

" RUINED MOSQUE IN DAMASCUS. S.S.

1876. *PORTRAIT OF SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON, K.C.M.G. (Portrait
of Capt. Richard Burton, H.M. Consul at Trieste). (23-1/2 ×
19-1/2 in.) (Paris, 1878; Melbourne, 1888; S.P.P., 1892.) R.A.

" *THE DAPHNEPHORIA. (89 × 204 in.) R.A.

A triumphal procession held every ninth year at Thebes,
in honour of Apollo and to commemorate a victory of the
Thebans over the Æolians of Arne. (See Proclus,
"Chrestomath," p. 11.)

" TERESINA. R.A.

" PAOLO. R.A.

1877. *MUSIC LESSON. (36-1/2 × 37-1/8 in.) (Paris, 1878.) R.A.

" *PORTRAIT OF MISS MABEL MILLS (The Hon. Mrs. Grenfell).
(23 × 19 in.) R.A.

" *AN ATHLETE STRANGLING A PYTHON.[18] Bronze. (Paris, 1878.) R.A.

" *PORTRAIT OF H. E. GORDON. (23-1/2 × 19 in.) G.G.

" AN ITALIAN GIRL. G.G.

" *STUDY. (A little girl with fair hair, in a pink robe.)
(24 × 28 in.) R.A.

" A STUDY. G.G.

1878. *NAUSICAA. (57-1/2 × 25-1/2 in.) (Guildhall, 1896.) R.A.

" SERAFINA. R.A.

" *WINDING THE SKEIN. (39-1/2 × 63-1/2 in.) R.A.

" A STUDY. R.A.

" *PORTRAIT OF MISS RUTH STEWART HODGSON. (50-1/2 × 35-1/2 in.) G.G.

" STUDY OF A GIRL'S HEAD. G.G.

" SIERRA: ELVIZA IN THE DISTANCE, GRANADA. S.S.

" THE SIERRA ALHAMA, GRANADA. S.S.

1879. BIONDINA. R.A.

" CATARINA. R.A.

" *ELIJAH IN THE WILDERNESS. (91 × 81-1/2 in.) (Paris, 1878.) R.A.

" PORTRAIT OF SIGNOR G. COSTA. R.A.

" AMARILLA. R.A.

" A STUDY. R.A.

" PORTRAIT OF THE COUNTESS BROWNLOW. R.A.

" *NERUCCIA. (19 × 16 in.) R.A.

" A STUDY. S.S.

" THE CARRACA HILLS. S.S.

" A STREET IN LERICI. S.S.

" VIA BIANCA, CAPRI. G.G.

" ARCHWAY IN ALGIERS. G.G.

" RUINS OF A MOSQUE, DAMASCUS. G.G.

" STUDY OF A DONKEY. G.G.

" ON THE TERRACE, CAPRI. G.G.

" SKETCH NEAR DAMASCUS. G.G.

" VIEW IN GRANADA. G.G.

" STUDY OF A DONKEY, EGYPT. G.G.

" STUDY OF A HEAD. G.G.

" NICANDRA. G.G.

1880. *SISTER'S KISS. (48 × 21-1/2 in.) R.A.

" *IOSTEPHANE. (37 × 19 in.) R.A.

" THE LIGHT OF THE HAREM. (60 × 33 in.) R.A.

" PSAMATHE. (36 × 24 in.) R.A.

" *THE NYMPH OF THE DARGLE (Crenaia). (29-1/2 × 10 in.) R.A.

" RUBINELLA. G.G.

" THE POZZO CORNER, VENICE. Winter Exhibition. G.G.

" JACK AND HIS CIDER CAN. " " G.G.

" THE PAINTER'S HONEYMOON. " " G.G.

" WINDING OF THE SKEIN (with sketch). " " G.G.

" HEAD OF URBINO. " " G.G.

" STEPS OF THE BARGELLO, FLORENCE. " " G.G.

" A CONTRAST. " " G.G.

" GARDEN AT CAPRI. " " G.G.

" TWENTY-NINE STUDIES OF HEADS,
FLOWERS, AND DRAPERIES. " " G.G.

1881. ELISHA RAISING THE SON OF THE SHUNAMITE. (32 x 54 in.)
(Guildhall, 1895.) R.A.

" PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER.[19] R.A.

" *IDYLL. (41-1/2 × 84 in.) R.A.

" *PORTRAIT OF MRS. STEPHEN RALLI. (48 × 33 in.) R.A.

" *WHISPERS. (48 × 30 in.) R.A.

" VIOLA. R.A.

" *BIANCA. (18 × 12-1/2 in.) R.A.

" PORTRAIT OF MRS. ALGERNON SARTORIS. G.G.

1882. *DAY-DREAMS. (47-1/2 × 35-1/2 in.) R.A.

" WEDDED. R.A.

" PHRYNE AT ELEUSIS. (86 × 48 in.) (Melbourne, 1888.) R.A.

" ANTIGONE. R.A.

" "AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN IT."
_Rev._ xx. 13. (Design for a portion of a decoration in
St. Paul's.) R.A.

" MELITTION. R.A.

" *PORTRAIT OF MRS. MOCATTA. (23-1/2 × 19-1/2 in.)

" ZEYRA. G.G.

1883. THE DANCE: decorative frieze for a drawing-room in a
private house. R.A.

" *VESTAL. (24-1/2 × 17 in.) R.A.

" *KITTENS. (48 × 31-1/2 in.) R.A.

" MEMORIES. R.A.

" *PORTRAIT OF MISS NINA JOACHIM. (16 × 13 in.)

1884. *LETTY. (18 × 15-1/2 in.) R.A.

" *CYMON AND IPHIGENIA. (64 × 129 in.) R.A.

" A NAP. R.A.

" SUN GLEAMS. R.A.

1885. "... SERENELY WANDERING IN A TRANCE OF SOBER THOUGHT."
(46 × 27 in.) R.A.

" PORTRAIT OF THE LADY SYBIL PRIMROSE. R.A.

" *PORTRAIT OF MRS. A. HICHENS. (26-1/2 × 20-1/2 in.) R.A.

" MUSIC: a frieze. R.A.

" PHOEBE. (Manchester, 1887.) R.A.

" A STUDY. G.G.

" TOMBS OF MUSLIM SAINTS. S.S.

" MOUNTAINS NEAR RONDA PUERTA DE LOS VIENTOS. S.S.

1886. PAINTED DECORATION FOR THE CEILING OF A MUSIC-ROOM.[20]
(7 ft. × 20 ft.) R.A.

" GULNIHAL. R.A.

" *THE SLUGGARD. Statue, bronze. R.A.

" *NEEDLESS ALARMS. Statuette. R.A.

1887. *THE JEALOUSY OF SIMÆTHA, THE SORCERESS. (35-1/2 × 55-1/2 in.) R.A.

" *THE LAST WATCH OF HERO. (62-1/2 × 35-1/2 in., with predella
12-1/2 × 29-1/2 in.) R.A.

"With aching heart she scanned the sea-face dim.
. . . . . . . . . .
Lo! at the turret's foot his body lay,
Rolled on the stones, and washed with breaking spray."

_Hero and Leander: Musæus_ (translated by Edwin Arnold).

" [Picture of A LITTLE GIRL WITH GOLDEN HAIR AND PALE BLUE EYES.]

"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.

" AT THE FOUNTAIN. (49 × 37 in.) R.A.

" *THE GARDEN OF THE HESPERIDES. (Circular, 66 in.)
(Chicago, 1893; Guildhall, 1895.) R.A.

" BACCHANTE. R.A.

" *CLYTIE. (32-1/2 × 53-1/2 in.) R.A.

" PHRYNE AT THE BATH. (24 × 12 in.) S.S.

" MALIN HEAD, DONEGAL. S.S.

" ST. MARK'S, VENICE. S.S.

" INTERIOR OF ST. MARK'S, VENICE. S.S.

" THE DOORWAY, NORTH AISLE, VENICE. S.S.

" RIZPAH (the small study in oils). (7 × 7 in.) S.S.

1893. *FAREWELL! (63 × 26-1/2 in.) R.A.

" *HIT! (29 × 22 in.) R.A.

" *ATALANTA. (26-1/2 × 19 in.) R.A.

" RIZPAH. (36 × 52 in.) R.A.

" *CORINNA OF TANAGRA. (47-1/2 × 21 in.) R.A.

" THE FRIGIDARIUM. R.A.

1894. *THE SPIRIT OF THE SUMMIT. (77-1/2 × 39-1/2 in.) R.A.

" *THE BRACELET. (59-1/2 × 23 in.) R.A.

" *FATIDICA. (59-1/2 × 23 in.) R.A.

" *SUMMER SLUMBER. (45-1/2 × 62 in.) R.A.

" AT THE WINDOW. R.A.

" WIDE WONDERING EYES. (20 × 15-1/2 in.) Manchester.

" THE ROMAN CAMPAGNA, MONTE SORACTE IN THE DISTANCE. S.S.

" THE ACROPOLIS OF LINDOS. S.S.

" FIUME MORTO, GOMBO, PISA. S.S.

" GIBRALTAR FROM SAN ROCQUE. S.S.

1895. LACHRYMÆ. (60 × 24 in.) R.A.

" THE MAID WITH THE YELLOW HAIR. R.A.

" *"'TWIXT HOPE AND FEAR." (43-1/2 × 38-1/2 in.) R.A.

" *FLAMING JUNE. (46 × 46 in.) R.A.

" LISTENER. R.A.

" A STUDY. R.A.

" PHOENICIANS BARTERING WITH BRITONS. Royal Exchange.

" BOY WITH POMEGRANATE. Grafton Gallery.

" MISS DENE.

" AQUA CERTOSA, ROME. S.S.

" CHAIN OF HILLS SEEN FROM RONDA. S.S.

" ROCKS, MALIN HEAD, DONEGAL. S.S.

" TLEMÇEN, ALGERIA. S.S.

1896. *CLYTIE. (61-1/2 × 53-1/2 in.) R.A.

" CANDIDA. (21 × 41-1/2 in.) Antwerp, 1896.

" *THE VESTAL. (27 × 20-1/2 in.) Unfinished.

" *A BACCHANTE. (26-1/2 × 21 in.)

" *THE FAIR PERSIAN. (25-1/2 × 19-1/2 in.) Unfinished.

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