CHAPTER I FIRST STUDIO IN LONDON, 1859-1863 36✦

CHAPTER II ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CORNHILL MAGAZINE--FRESCO FOR LYNDHURST CHURCH--ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY--MRS. LEIGHTON'S DEATH, 1863-1865 91

CHAPTER III JOURNEYS TO THE EAST--CONSTANTINOPLE--SMYRNA--ATHENS--DIARY "UP THE NILE TO PHYLAE," 1866-1869 128

CHAPTER IV ROYAL ACADEMICIAN--MUSIC--ARAB HALL, 1869-1878 188✦

CHAPTER V LEIGHTON AS PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY, 1878-1896 223✦

CHAPTER VI LIFE WANING--DEATH, 1887-1896 312✦

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME II✦

1. PORTRAIT OF LORD LEIGHTON (Photogravure) To face Dedication By G.F. WATTS.

2. HEAD OF YOUNG GIRL (Colour) To face page 1 A wedding gift to H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, who graciously gave permission for the painting to be reproduced in this book.

3. "EUCHARIS," 1863 (Colour) 9 By kind permission of Mrs. STEPHENSON CLARKE.

4. "A NOBLE LADY OF VENICE," 1866 (Photogravure) 10 By kind permission of Lord ARMSTRONG.

5. "GREEK GIRLS PICKING UP SHELLS BY THE SEASHORE," 1871 18 (Photogravure) By kind permission of the Rt. Hon. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN.

6. PORTRAIT OF MRS. SUTHERLAND ORR, 1861 57

7. PENCIL SKETCH FOR "MICHAEL ANGELO NURSING HIS DYING SERVANT," 1862 93 Leighton House Collection.

8. ORIGINAL SKETCH FOR "SAMSON WRESTLING WITH THE LION" 94 Designed as an illustration for Dalziel's Bible. Leighton House Collection.

9. ORIGINAL DRAWING FOR THE GREAT GOD PAN, ILLUSTRATING MRS. BROWNING'S POEM, "MUSICAL INSTRUMENT" 102 In "Cornhill Magazine," July 1861. Leighton House Collection.

10. "AN EVENING IN A FRENCH COUNTRY HOUSE," ILLUSTRATING MRS. ADELAIDE SARTORIS' STORY, "A WEEK IN A FRENCH COUNTRY HOUSE," PUBLISHED IN THE Cornhill Magazine, 1867 103 By kind permission of Messrs. SMITH, ELDER, & CO.

11. "DRIFTING." SECOND ILLUSTRATION FOR SAME 104

12. LORD LEIGHTON 107 Photograph taken at Lyndhurst, 1863.

13. FRESCO FOR LYNDHURST CHURCH--"THE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS," 1864 111

14. "GREEK GIRL DANCING," 1867 125 By kind permission of Mr. PHILLIPSON.

15. SKETCH FOR A "PASTORAL," 1866 125 Leighton House Collection.

16. SKETCH IN OILS--"EGYPT" (Colour) 131

17. "S. JEROME." DIPLOMA WORK, 1869 188 Gallery in Burlington House.

18. "ELECTRA AT THE TOMB OF AGAMEMNON" 189

19. "HERACLES WRESTLING WITH DEATH FOR THE BODY OF ALCESTIS," 1871 190 By kind permission of the FINE ART SOCIETY.

20. "SUMMER MOON," 1872 193 By kind permission of Messrs. P. & D. COLNAGHI.

21. "A CONDOTTIERE," 1872 193 The Walker Fine Art Gallery, Birmingham.

22. STUDY FOR FIGURE IN FRIEZE, "MUSIC," 1886 193 Leighton House Collection.

23. STUDY OF MAN'S FIGURE FOR THE "ARTS OF WAR," 1872 193 Leighton House Collection.

24. STUDY OF MAN'S FIGURE FOR THE "ARTS OF WAR" 193 Leighton House Collection.

25. STUDY OF MAN'S FIGURE FOR THE "ARTS OF WAR," 1872 193 Leighton House Collection.

26. "ANTIQUE JUGGLING GIRL," 1874 (Photogravure) 194 By kind permission of Mr. HODGES.

27. "CLYTEMNESTRA FROM THE BATTLEMENT OF ARGOS WATCHES FOR THE BEACON FIRES WHICH ARE TO ANNOUNCE THE RETURN OF AGAMEMNON," 1874 (Photogravure) 194 Leighton House Collection.

28. STUDY FOR "CLYTEMNESTRA" 194 Leighton House Collection.

29. STUDY FOR "SUMMER MOON" (Colour) 194 Executed by moonlight in Rome. Given by the late A. WATERHOUSE, R.A., to the Leighton House Collection.

30. "THE DAPHNEPHORIA," 1876 197 By kind permission of the FINE ART SOCIETY.

31. "AT A READING-DESK," 1877 197 By kind permission of Messrs. L.H. LEFEVRE & SON.

32. ORIGINAL STUDY FOR "AN ATHLETE STRUGGLING WITH A PYTHON," 1876 199 Given by the late G.F. WATTS to the Leighton House Collection.

33. "NAUSICAA," 1878 201

34. STUDY FOR GROUP IN THE "ARTS OF PEACE," 1873 202 Leighton House Collection.

35. STUDY FOR THE FIGURE OF CIMABUE, CARRIED OUT IN MOSAIC IN THE SOUTH COURT OF THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, 1868 203 Leighton House Collection.

36. STUDY FOR THE FIGURE OF NICCOLA PISANO, CARRIED OUT IN MOSAIC IN THE SOUTH COURT OF THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, 1868 203 Leighton House Collection.

37. SKETCH OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, ATTENDED BY LORD LEIGHTON, WHEN PRESENT AT A MONDAY POPULAR CONCERT IN ST. JAMES'S HALL 216 Drawn at the time by Mr. Theodore Blake Wirgman.

38. PORTRAIT OF SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON, K.C.M.G., 1876 218

39. VIEW OF ARAB HALL, 1906 221 Leighton House Collection.

40. PORTRAIT OF PROFESSOR GIOVANNI COSTA 222 Executed at Lerici in 1878.

41. "ELIJAH IN THE WILDERNESS," 1879 255

42. STUDY FOR THE FIGURE OF "ELIJAH" 255 Leighton House Collection.

43. "NERUCCIA," 1879 (Photogravure) 255 By kind permission of Mrs. C.E. LEES.

44. "THE BATH OF PSYCHE," 1890 (Photogravure) 255 The Tate Gallery.

45. "THE LIGHT OF THE HAREM," 1880 256 By kind permission of the LEICESTER GALLERY.

46. DRAWING OF COMPLETE DESIGN FOR "AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD THAT WERE IN IT," 1892 256

47. STUDY FOR "MUSIC." A FRIEZE, 1886 256 Leighton House Collection.

48. STUDY FOR "ANDROMEDA," 1890 256 Leighton House Collection.

49. STUDY FROM CLAY MODEL FOR "PERSEUS," 1891 256 Leighton House Collection.

50. STUDY FOR "PHOENICIANS BARTERING WITH BRITONS" 256 Leighton House Collection.

51. "CYMON AND IPHIGENIA," 1884 (Photogravure) 256 The Corporation of Leeds.

52. SKETCH IN OILS FOR "CYMON AND IPHIGENIA" (Colour) 256 By kind permission of Mrs. STEWART HODGSON.

53. STUDY FOR SLEEPING GROUP IN "CYMON AND IPHIGENIA" 256 Presented to the Leighton House Collection by G.F. WATTS.

54. FROM BRONZE FROM SMALL MODEL IN CLAY BY LORD LEIGHTON OF "A SLUGGARD," 1886 258 Leighton House Collection.

55. "NEEDLESS ALARMS," FROM BRONZE STATUETTE, 1886 258 Leighton House Collection.

56. "THE LAST WATCH OF HERO," 1887 259 Corporation of Manchester.

57. SKETCH IN OILS FOR "TRAGIC POETESS," 1890 (Colour) 259 By kind permission of Mrs. STEWART HODGSON.

58. "ATALANTA," 1893 261 By kind permission of the BERLIN PHOTOGRAPHIC CO.

59. "FLAMING JUNE," 1895 261 By kind permission of Mrs. WATNEY.

60. STUDY FOR "FLAMING JUNE" 261 Leighton House Collection.

61. "FATIDICA," 1894 261 By kind permission of Messrs. T. AGNEW & SONS.

62. STUDIES FOR "FATIDICA" 261 Leighton House Collection.

63. "MEMORIES," 1883 266 By kind permission of Messrs. P. & D. COLNAGHI.

64. "THE JEALOUSY OF SIMOETHA THE SORCERESS," 1887 266

65. "LETTY," 1884 (Colour) 266 By kind permission of Mrs. HENRY JOACHIM.

66. STUDIES FROM DOROTHY DENE FOR "CLYTIE," 1895 268 Leighton House Collection.

67. SKETCH IN OILS FOR "GREEK GIRLS PLAYING AT BALL," 1889 (In Colour) 274 By kind permission of Mrs. STEWART HODGSON.

68. "BACCHANTE," 1892 (Photogravure) 287 By kind permission of Messrs. HENRY GRAVES & CO.

69. SKETCH IN OILS FOR "BACCHANTE" (Colour) 287 By kind permission of Mrs. STEWART HODGSON.

70. "Der Winter" 304 Drawing by EDUARD VON STEINLE.

71. SKETCH IN OILS FOR "SOLITUDE" (Colour) 310 By kind permission of Mrs. STEWART HODGSON.

72. "SUMMER SLUMBER," 1894 (Photogravure) 316 By kind permission of Mr. PHILLIPSON.

73. SKETCH FOR "SUMMER SLUMBER" 316 Presented to the Leighton House Collection by H.M. THE KING.