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II. LIST OF LANDSCAPES AND STUDIES SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S
(JULY, 1896) 132

INDEX 137

List of Illustrations

I. FIGURE SUBJECTS.

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WINDING THE SKEIN _Frontispiece_
_By permission of the Fine Art Society._
(_Photogravure plate._)

CIMABUE'S MADONNA 10
_By the gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen._

GOLDEN HOURS 21
_By the kind permission of Lord Davey._

HELEN OF TROY 22
_By permission of Messrs. H. Graves and Co._

ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE 22
_By the kind permission of Francis Reckitts, Esq._

VENUS DISROBING FOR THE BATH 24
_By the kind permission of Alexander Henderson, Esq._

ELECTRA AT THE TOMB OF AGAMEMNON 24

DÆDALUS AND ICARUS 26
_By the kind permission of Alexander Henderson, Esq._

ST. JEROME 26
_By the kind permission of the President and Council of
the Royal Academy of Arts._

HERCULES WRESTLING WITH DEATH FOR THE BODY OF ALCESTIS 30
_By the kind permission of Sir Bernhard Samuelson._

SUMMER MOON 30
_By the kind permission of the late Alfred Morrison, Esq.,
from the photogravure published by Messrs. P. and D.
Colnaghi and Co._

THE JUGGLING GIRL 32
_By the kind permission of Lord Hillingdon._

A CONDOTTIERE 32
_By permission of the Corporation of Birmingham._

THE DAPHNEPHORIA 34
_By permission of the Fine Art Society._

NAUSICAA 38

SISTER'S KISS 40
_By permission of the Fine Art Society._

PHRYNE AT ELEUSIS 42
_By permission of the late Lord Leighton._

DAY DREAMS 42
_By permission of the Fine Art Society._

CYMON AND IPHIGENIA 44
_By permission of the Fine Art Society._
(_Photogravure plate._)

THE LAST WATCH OF HERO 46
_By permission of the Corporation of Manchester._

GREEK GIRLS PLAYING AT BALL 48
_By permission of the Berlin Photographic Company._

THE BATH OF PSYCHE 48
_By permission of the Berlin Photographic Company._

FAREWELL 50
_By permission of Messrs. A. Tooth and Sons._

"AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN IT" 50
_By the kind permission of Sir Henry Tate._

THE FRIGIDARIUM 50
_By permission of Messrs. H. Graves and Co._

RIZPAH 52
_By permission of Messrs. Cassell and Co._

THE BRACELET 52
_By permission of Messrs. T. Agnew and Sons._

FATIDICA 52
_By permission of Messrs. T. Agnew and Sons._

A BACCHANTE 54
_By permission of Messrs. H. Graves and Co._

HIT 54
_By permission of the proprietors of the "Art Journal."_

EGYPTIAN SLINGER 112
_By the kind permission of Lord Davey._

ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMITE'S SON 114
_By the kind permission of Mrs. Dyson-Perrins._

"... SERENELY WANDERING IN A TRANCE OF SOBER THOUGHT" 128

II. LANDSCAPES, ETC.

GARDEN AT GENERALIFE, GRANADA 28

MIMBAR OF THE GREAT MOSQUE AT DAMASCUS 28

FOUNTAIN IN COURT AT DAMASCUS 132

THE ISLAND OF ÆGINA, PNYX IN THE FOREGROUND 132

RUINED MOSQUE, BROUSSA 134

CITY OF TOMBS, ASSIOUT, EGYPT 134

ATHENS, WITH THE GENOESE TOWER, PNYX IN FOREGROUND 136

COAST OF ASIA MINOR SEEN FROM RHODES 136

RED MOUNTAINS DESERT, CAIRO 136

III. PORTRAITS.

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST. (In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence) 3

PORTRAIT OF THE HON. MABEL MILLS 36
_By the kind permission of Lady Hillingdon._

PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN (SIR) RICHARD BURTON 36

PORTRAIT OF SIGNOR COSTA 40

PORTRAIT OF THE LADY SYBIL PRIMROSE 46
_By the kind permission of Lord Rosebery._

IV. STUDIES AND SKETCHES.

TWO EARLY PENCIL STUDIES 6

SCHEME FOR A PICTURE, "THE PLAGUE IN FLORENCE" 8

STUDY FOR A HEAD--"THE DEAD ROMEO" 14

A PENCIL STUDY 16

A LEMON TREE. (A pencil study) 18

BYZANTINE WELL-HEAD. (A pencil study) 18

STUDY FOR "THE DAPHNEPHORIA" 34

STUDY FOR "ELIJAH IN THE WILDERNESS" 38

STUDY FOR "CAPTIVE ANDROMACHE" (nude) 56

STUDY FOR A FIGURE IN "CAPTIVE ANDROMACHE" 56

STUDY FOR "ANDROMACHE" 56

STUDY FOR "PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA" 58

STUDY FOR A FIGURE IN "THE BATH OF PSYCHE" 58

STUDY FOR "SOLITUDE" 58

STUDY FOR A FIGURE IN "THE RETURN OF PERSEPHONE" 60

STUDY FOR "PERSEPHONE" 60

STUDIES FOR THE DECORATION OF THE CEILING OF A MUSIC ROOM 62

CAIN AND ABEL { }
MOSES VIEWS THE PROMISED LAND { From Dalziel's }
SAMSON AND THE LION { "Bible Gallery" } 70
SAMSON CARRYING OFF THE GATES { }
_By permission of Messrs. J. S. Virtue and Co. and the
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge._

"A CONTRAST" 72

A STUDY IN OILS. (Head of a girl, back view) 74

HEAD OF A YOUNG GIRL. (A Study in oils) 76
_By the kind permission of Lady Hallé._

STUDY OF A HEAD 78

STUDY OF A HEAD 80

A STUDY IN OILS. (Head of a girl) 82

V. FRESCOES, WALL PAINTINGS, ETC.

TWO FRIEZES--MUSIC, THE DANCE 44

DECORATION FOR THE CEILING OF A MUSIC ROOM 62

THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS OF WAR. (From the fresco at South
Kensington Museum) 64

THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS OF PEACE. (From the fresco at South
Kensington Museum) 64

CUPID. (From a fresco) 66

PHOENICIANS BARTERING WITH BRITONS. (Panel in the Royal
Exchange) 66

VI. SCULPTURE.

AN ATHLETE STRUGGLING WITH A PYTHON. (Bronze statue, from
two points of view) 68

STUDY IN CLAY FOR "CYMON" 68

STUDY IN CLAY FOR "THE SLUGGARD" 68

STUDY IN CLAY FOR "PERSEUS" 68

STUDY IN CLAY FOR "ANDROMEDA" 68

DESIGN FOR REVERSE OF THE JUBILEE MEDALLION (1887) 130

VII. LORD LEIGHTON'S HOUSE.

IN THE INNER HALL. (From a photograph taken specially
by Mr. James Hyatt) 88

IN THE ARAB HALL. (From a photograph by Messrs. Bedford,
Lemere, and Co.) 96

BOOKPLATE OF LORD LEIGHTON. (Designed by R. Anning Bell) 120

_With four exceptions all the reproductions are by the Swan Electric Engraving Company._

FREDERIC LORD LEIGHTON, P.R.A.

LIST OF DIGNITIES AND HONOURS CONFERRED ON FREDERIC LEIGHTON.

Knighted, 1878; created a Baronet, 1886; created Baron Leighton of Stretton, 1896; elected Associate of the Royal Academy, 1864; Royal Academician, 1869; President of the Royal Academy, 1878; Hon. Mem. Royal Scottish Academy, and Royal Hibernian Academy, Associate of the Institute of France, President of the International Jury of Painting, Paris Exhibition, 1878; Hon. Member, Berlin Academy, 1886; also Member of the Royal Academy of Vienna, 1888, Belgium, 1886, of the Academy of St. Luke, Rome, and the Academies of Florence (1882), Turin, Genoa, Perugia, and Antwerp (1885); Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1879; Hon. LL.D., Cambridge, 1879; Hon. LL.D., Edinburgh, 1884; Hon. D.Lit., Dublin, 1892; Hon. D.C.L., Durham, 1894; Hon. Fellow of Trinity College, London, 1876; Lieut.-Colonel of the 20th Middlesex (Artists') Rifle Volunteers, 1876 to 1883 (resigned); then Hon. Colonel and holder of the Volunteer Decoration; Commander of the Legion of Honour, 1889; Commander of the Order of Leopold; Knight of the Prussian Order "pour le Mérite," and of the Coburg Order Dem Verdienste.

FREDERIC LORD LEIGHTON, P.R.A.

AN ILLUSTRATED CHRONICLE

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