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Frederic, Lord Leighton

1830–1896

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15 artworks by Frederic
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Biography

Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, (3 December 1830 – 25 January 1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was a British Victorian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subject matter in an academic style. His paintings were enormously popular and expensive, during his lifetime, but fell out of critical favour for many decades in the early 20th century.

Leighton was the bearer of the shortest-lived peerage in history; after only one day, his hereditary peerage became extinct upon his death.

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  • The Spies Escape

    Frederic, Lord Leighton
    published 1881
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  • Cain and Abel

    Frederic, Lord Leighton
    published 1881
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  • Samson and the Lions

    Frederic, Lord Leighton
    published 1881
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  • Abram and the Angel

    Frederic, Lord Leighton
    published 1881
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  • Samson at the Mill

    Frederic, Lord Leighton
    published 1881
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  • Eliezer and Rebekah

    Frederic, Lord Leighton
    published 1881
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  • Moses Views the Promised Land

    Frederic, Lord Leighton
    published 1881
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  • Death of the First Born

    Frederic, Lord Leighton
    published 1881
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  • The Man from Hymettus. Mr Frederick Leighton

    Sir Max Beerbohm
    1916

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