Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton on Wikipedia
Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton PRA (3 December 1830–25 January 1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton, Bt, between 1886 and 1896, was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter. Leighton was bearer of the shortest-lived peerage in history; after only one day his hereditary peerage became extinct.
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Conservation of Lord Leighton's Spirit Frescoes 'War' and 'Peace'
The spirit frescoes were painted by Frederic, Lord Leighton in the late 19th century as the crowning achievement of the South Court of the South Kensington Museum and…
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The 'Leighton Project': Backstage
I worked as an intern in Paintings Conservation for 24 weeks, dealing mainly with the restoration of Leighton's cartoon Industrial Arts as applied to War.
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Drawings of Islamic Buildings
The Alhambra is an ancient mosque, palace and fortress complex built by the Moorish monarchs of Granada, in southern Spain. The name is probably derived from the colour of …
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Room 107: Lord Leighton's Frescoes
Commissioned as part of the decoration of the new Museum in 1868 from the famous Victorian painter Lord Frederic Leighton, these paintings depict the "Arts of Industry as a…
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Leighton House reading list
recommended reading about journal articles of the Leighton house
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Aestheticism -The Cult of Beauty
In the 1860s the new and exciting 'Cult of Beauty' united, for a while at least, romantic bohemians such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and W…
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A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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Artistic Circles: Design and Decoration in the Aesthetic Movement
Artists' houses and their gardens formed a distinct and influential strand in Victorian architecture and decoration, eliciting public interest and cov…
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