s Reckitts, the late Sir Henry
Tate, the Birmingham and Manchester Corporations, and the President and
Council of the Royal Academy, who have kindly permitted the reproduction
of pictures in their possession. To the late Lord Leighton himself the
author and publishers have to acknowledge their indebtedness for a
large number of studies and sketches, hitherto unpublished, as well as
for his kind co-operation in the preparation of the volume. The author
wishes also to record his thanks to Mr. M. H. Spielmann for permission
to use his admirable account of the President's method of painting.

By arrangement with the holders of several important copyrights,
including Messrs. Thos. Agnew and Sons, P. and D. Colnaghi and Co.,
H. Graves and Co., Arthur Tooth and Sons, the Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge, the proprietors of the Art Journal, the Berlin
Photographic Company, and the Fine Art Society (whose courtesies in the
matter are duly credited in the list of illustrations), the publishers
have been enabled to represent many of the most popular paintings by the
artist, and a selection of his famous designs for Dalziel's Bible
Gallery.

Contents

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CHAPTER I. HIS EARLY YEARS 3

II. YEAR BY YEAR--1855 TO 1864 12

III. YEAR BY YEAR--1864 TO 1869 21

IV. YEAR BY YEAR--1870 TO 1878 28

V. YEAR BY YEAR--1878 TO 1896 39

VI. HIS METHOD OF PAINTING 54

VII. MURAL DECORATION, SCULPTURE, AND ILLUSTRATION 61

VIII. DISCOURSES ON ART 71

IX. LORD LEIGHTON'S HOME 88

X. LORD LEIGHTON'S HOUSE IN 1900. BY S. PEPYS COCKERELL 92

XI. THE ARTIST AND HIS CRITICS 103

XII. CONCLUSION 115

APPENDIX I. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WORKS 121

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

INDEX 137

List of Illustrations

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