The life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton. Volume II

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Chapter 122,427 wordsPublic domain

resignation of commission (1883), ii. 243-245; at Leighton's funeral, ii. 337

Ashburton, Lord, portrait of, ii. 123 _and note_ [37]

Assouan, ii. 148-150, 152

Athens, ii. 128, 130-131, 229 _note_ [60]

Austin, Mrs., ii. 86

Avignon, i. 298

Ballater, ii. 309

Barrington, Mrs. Russell, letters to, ii. 328, 332, 333

Bayreuth, ii. 316, 326

Beards, i. 170

Beauty-- Leighton's passion for, i. 59; ii. 2, 30, 328, 369 Puritanical attitude towards, i. 60

Becker, i. 56, 89

Beechey, Sir William, i. 269

Benedetto Bonfiglio, ii. 19

Beni Hassan, ii. 185-187

Benson, Ralph A., ii. 206-207; letter from, 58 _note_ [18]

Bentinck, Count, i. 49, 52

Bentinck, Gen., i. 63

Bentinck, Penelope, i. 255, 262

Bergheim, i. 49-53

Berlin, i. 158-160

Bettino, i. 39

Bezzuoli, i. 38, 39

Bideford, ii. 66-67

Bileith, Mr., ii. 129

Birrell, Augustine, ii. 304-305

Boehm, Sir Edgar, letter from, ii. 200

Boughton, George H., letters from, ii. 199

Boxall, ii. 119, 227

Brackley, Lord, i. 264, 284

Brandes, Miss, ii. 217

British Institution, ii. 39, 44

British Museum, Leighton a trustee of, ii. 256

Brock, Mr., ii. 241, 259-260 _and note_ [73]

Brown, Madox, ii. 299

Browning, Mrs., ii. 51-52, 64, 374 _note_ [91]; letter from, 93

Browning, Robert, estimate of Leighton by, ii. 29 _note_ [6]; conversational powers of, i. 146 _and note_ [27], 149; lines by, on the Heracles picture, ii. 190; Leighton's estimate of, ii. 304-305; letter to, ii. 51; letters from, ii. 65, 225; quoted, i. 164; otherwise mentioned, i. 28, 149, 243, 280, 285; ii. 121

Bruce, Col. and Mrs., ii. 39

Bruckmann, Herr, ii. 113

Brunton, Sir Lauder, ii. 316, 323, 329-330

Buckner, i. 171

Bull-fights, ii. 210

Bulteel, Lady E., ii. 66

Burne-Jones, Sir E., ii. 3, 8, 199, 288, 368; inaccuracies of, i. 219 _note_-220 [47]; estimate of, ii. 25

Burton, Sir Richard, portrait of, ii. 195-196; letters from, 218-219

Calderon, ii. 196-197, 255

Cambridge, H.R.H. Duke of, ii. 262

Cameron, Mrs., cited, ii. 269 _note_ [76]

Campagna, Roman, i. 22 _and notes_ [8 and 9], 162, 164

Capri, ii. 18, 41

Carlisle, Earl of, ii. 6

Cartwright, W.C., politics of, i. 307-308; letters from, ii. 126 _note_ [40], 152, 286; otherwise mentioned, i. 124, 243, 255-257, 278; ii. 38, 46, 52

Casts, gallery of, ii. 287-288 _and note_ [79]

Chamberlayne, Kate, i. 126

Change of scene, importance of, i. 92-95

Chantrey Bequest, terms of, ii. 249-253

_Chemistry of Paints and Painting_ (Church), cited, ii. 290 _notes_ [80]

Choisy, M., quoted, ii. 221, 362-363

Chorley, Henry J., ii. 43 _and note_ [13]; letter from, 127 _note_ [40]

Church, Prof., cited, ii. 290 _notes_ [80 and 81]; letters to, 290-302

Churche, ii. 70

Cimabue, i. 227

Clarke, Sir C.P., ii. 365; quoted, 218 _note_ [55]

Cleopatra, ii. 163, 172

Cleopatra's Needle, ii. 284

Cleveland, Duke of, ii. 286

Cliquiness, i. 192

Cockerell, F. Pepys, i. 285; ii. 58 _note_ [18], 87, 325 _note_ [86]; quoted, i. 294; ii. 372

Cole, Sir Henry, ii. 212; letter from, 202; letter to, 204

Coleridge, Lord, letter from, ii. 227

Colfax, Mr., ii. 165

Colnaghi, i. 252, 254; ii. 364; cited 246

Colonna, i. 229 _note_ [50]

Colour, Leighton's feeling for, ii. 188, 189, 366, 367

Colours, &c., letters to Prof. Church regarding, ii. 290-302

Commissioned subjects, Leighton's views on, ii. 277-278

Conture, i. 154, 296

Copies, Leighton's views on, ii. 277

Cornelius, i. 56, 66, 141, 149, 151, 173; Leighton's estimate of, 180, 190-191, 291, 295; Steinle's estimate of, i. 280

_Cornhill Magazine_, Leighton's illustrations for, ii. 91, 92, 95, 103

Corot, i. 241

Correggio, ii. 41, 256

Costa, Prof. Giovanni, Leighton's first meeting with, i. 162-164; portrait of, ii. 256; estimate of Leighton by, ii. 379; letter from, on Leighton, ii. 285 _note_ [78]; quoted-- on Leighton in Florence, i. 39; ii. 371; on Leighton in Siena, ii. 242 _note_ [64]; on Leighton's methods, ii. 256; on Leighton's last visit, ii. 327-328; otherwise mentioned, ii. 7, 223, 297, 314

Cowley, Lady, i. 240, 309; ii. 88; letter from, i. 48

Cowley, Lord, letters from, i. 53-54; portrait of, ii. 88

Cowper, Lady, ii. 66

Cowper, Lord, portrait of, ii. 88

Crane, Walter, ii. 365; estimate of Leighton by, 6-9

Craven, Augustus, ii. 41

Crawford, Lord, quoted, ii. 364

Criticism-- Leighton's appraisement of, i. 179 Ruskin on, ii. 122

Currie, Sir Donald, i. 4

Dalou, i. 241; letter from, ii. 198

Dalziel's Bible, Leighton's illustrations for, ii. 94-95

Damascus, ii. 206-209

Davey, Lord, ii. 364

De l'Aigle, Madame, ii. 191

De l'Aigle, Marquis, ii. 103

De Morgan, Wm., ii. 364 _and note_ [90]

De Savelege, Emile, ii. 214

Delaroche, Paul, i. 249, 290

Denderah, ii. 172

Dene, Dorothy (Miss Pullen), ii. 267-274

Detail, perfection of, i. 202

Dickens, Charles, letters from, ii. 89; Leighton compared with, 330-331 _note_ [87]

Dilettanti, Society of, ii. 212-213

Disneh, ii. 141

Dixon, Messrs., ii. 364

Dolby, Miss, ii. 43-44

Domestic decoration, ii. 220

Doyle, Richard, letter from, ii. 124 _note_ [38]

Drawings by Leighton-- "Cervara," i. 163 _note_ [32] Comparison of, with finished paintings, ii. 93 "Drifting," ii. 103 Estimate of, i. 197, 205; ii. 368, 376 "Evening in a French Country House, An," ii. 103 Florentine fresco, copy of, ii. 374-375 "Lemon Tree," i. 201 _and note_ [42]-202; ii. 41 _and note_ [11] "Monk Dividing Enemies, A," i. 65 _note_ [18]; ii. 371 Moorish subjects, of, ii. 372 "Plague in Florence in 1850," ii. 93 "Samson Wrestling with the Lion," ii. 94 "Vincenzo's Head," i. 151-152, 154-155 "Well-Head, The," i. 110 _note_ [24]

Du Maurier, i. 20 _note_ [7]

Duccio, i. 227

Dudley, Lord, ii. 53 _note_ [14]

Duff, Sir M. Grant, quoted, ii. 33

Duerer, Albert, i. 220; ii. 239-240

Dyer, Sir W. Thistelton, estimate of Leighton by, i. 219-221 _note_ [47]

East, Alfred, estimate of Leighton by, ii. 266

Eastlake, Sir Ch., i. 48, 94, 265

Edfou, ii. 162

Edis, Col., ii. 244-245

Edward VII., King (Prince of Wales), "Cimabue's Madonna" lent by, for exhibition, i. 185; Leighton's studio visited by, ii. 37, 39, 40; tribute to Leighton by, i. 7; ii. 37; otherwise mentioned, i. 265; ii. 41 _and note_ [9], 56, 60, 131, 213, 323, 363

Egypt, Leighton's visit to, ii. 131-187

Egyptian tombs, ii. 144-145

Elephantina, ii. 150

Elgin Cathedral, ii. 262

Eliot, George, _see_ Lewes

Ellesmere, Earl of, i. 252, 257, 265

Ellesmere, Lady, i. 268

Ellis, Maj.-Gen., ii. 338

Elmore, ii. 118

Ely, Lady, ii. 178

Erskine, Mr., ii. 130

Esne, ii. 147-148

Etty, i. 216

Farquhar, Miss, i. 152

Farrer, Lady (Miss Wedgwood), ii. 217

Fatma, ii. 167

Fenzi, M., i. 100, 285

Ferronay, Pauline la (Mrs. A. Craven), ii. 41 _note_ [10]

Ffrench, i. 260, 262

Findhorn River, ii. 261-262

Finlay, Mr., ii. 130, 131

FitzGerald, Percy, quoted, ii. 330 _note_ [87]

Flatz, i. 133

Fleury, Robert, i. 27, 154, 245, 248, 249, 290; ii. 214, 294; letter from, ii. 37; cited, ii. 46

Florence-- Leighton's early studies in, i. 38-40; his stay at (1853), 136; (1856), 284 List by Steinle of works to be studied in, i. 225-226

Florentine art, ii. 117-118

Flowers, Leighton's feeling for, i. 69, 75, 198; studies, i. 200, 218-219; ii. 263, 325 _note_ [85], 372-373, 375-376

Form and matter, divergence between, ii. 184

Forres, ii. 261-262

Frankfort, Leighton at school at, i. 42

Frederick, Empress, ii. 337

French, i. 243

Fresco, Gambier Parry's medium for, ii. 105-106, 108-110, 301

Fresco _v._ oils, i. 296-297, 305; ii. 20

Freshfield, Mrs. Douglas, ii. 217

Frith, W.P., letter from, ii. 119 _note_ [35]

Fuehrich, i. 174

Fuller-Maitland, J.A., ii. 328, 372

Gamba, Count, i. 75, 85, 87, 90, 96, 98, 116-118, 120, 122, 123, 125, 132, 149, 151, 152, 164, 174, 188, 189, 191, 237; ii. 371

Gambart, ii. 114, 123

Garcia, Senor, ii. 239 _note_ [62]

Gebel Silsily, ii. 161

Genius, i. 206

German aesthetics, i. 103-104

Germany, Leighton's journey through (1852), i. 63-68

Gerome, ii. 147, 155

Gibson, i. 181, 261; ii. 39, 56; Leighton's estimate of, i. 114

Gilbert, Alfred, quoted, i. 7

Gilbert, Sir J., ii. 286

Gilchrist, Connie, ii. 268

Giotto, i. 128, 226 _note_ [49], 228; ii. 374

Gladstone, W.E., ii. 57; letters from, 243, 289

Glyn, Mrs., ii. 269, 270

Goethe's _Sprueche_, Leighton's criticism of, ii. 305-306

Gondolas, i. 78

Goodall, J., i. 48; quoted, ii. 284

Gooderson, T., i. 171

Gordon, Lady Duff, ii. 132, 177, 181

Gortschakoff, Prince, i. 56

Gozze, Count, i. 169

Graefe, i. 157

Granada, ii. 210

Grant, Gen., ii. 165

Greek language, ii. 130-131

Greene, i. 258, 259

Greg, W.R., ii. 269 _note_ [76]

Grenfell, Hon. Mrs. (Miss Mabel Mills), portrait of, ii. 197

Greville, Charles, ii. 108

Greville, Henry, Leighton's friendship with, i. 28, 164, 251 _and note_ [56], 282; extracts from diaries of, i. 242-244, 246, 278; death of, i. 268-269; letters from, i. 252-268; otherwise mentioned, i. 241, 247; ii. 43, 44, 46, 86, 92, 216

Grey, Countess, i. 270

Grove, Sir George, letter from, ii. 243 _note_ [65]

Grueber, H.A., quoted, ii. 255-256

Guaita, Mr., i. 281

Guthrie, Mrs. James, portrait of, ii. 10 _note_ [1], 114

Habit, deadening effect of, i. 93, 95

Hague, The, i. 54-55

Hale, Mr., ii. 163, 165

Halle, i. 234

Handel Festival (1859), ii. 43-44

Hardy, Thomas, ii. 320

Harrison, Mr., i. 260, 267, 282; ii. 46

Hassan Effendi, ii. 143

Haydon, i. 143-144

Hebert, i. 236, 237

Heidelberg, i. 63-64

Heilbronn, i. 64

Henderson, A., ii. 364

Hendschel, i. 150

Herkomer, Hubert, letter from, ii. 226

Hickey, Miss Emily, sonnet by, ii. 261 _note_ [74]

Hildesheim, ii. 315

Hills, Mr., ii. 291

Hoare, Lady, ii. 38, 40, 48

Hodgson, J.G., i. 275; letter from, ii. 205 _note_ [74]

Holland, Leighton's visit to (1852), i. 54-55

Holland, Lord and Lady, i. 309; ii. 41, 67, 92

Hollyer, Fred, ii. 364, 370; quoted, 288-289

Hommel, i. 150

Hooker, Sir Joseph, cited, i. 220

Hope, J.K. Kempton, letter from, ii. 213

Horsfall, T.C., correspondence with, ii. 274, 276-283

Horsley, Mr., ii. 223

Hosmer, Miss Harriet, i. 146, 181, 195; ii. 72, 76

Hosseyn, ii. 137-138, 140-142, 144, 146, 148, 153, 157, 158, 160, 165, 167, 170, 172, 174, 176-180, 187

Hughes, Mrs. Watts, ii. 332; letter from, 217

Human form, Leighton's treatment of, ii. 29

Hunt, Holman, i. 187 _note_ [34], 220, 278; ii. 118, 148, 219

Hunter, Colin, i. 4

I'Anson, Mr. (great-uncle), i. 45-46

Impressionists, ii. 33

Ingres, i. 245

Innsbruck statues, i. 69-70, 88-89

Irish scenery, ii. 311

Irving, Sir H., ii. 270 _note_ [77]; Leighton compared with, 330-331 _note_ [87]

Italian art, ii. 5, 19, 117

Italy (_for districts, towns, &c., see their names_)-- Leighton's affection for, i. 19-24, 56, 62, 67-68, 72, 135, 137, 158, 302-303; ii. 51 Music of, i. 167 Street cries in, i. 72-73

Jameson, Mrs., i. 280

Janauschek, i. 55

Janotha, Miss, ii. 228

Joachim, Dr. Joseph, ii. 216, 223, 228, 316; Leighton's speech at jubilee presentation to, ii. 245-247

Kalergi, Madame, i. 242

Karnak, ii. 165-167

Kaye, Miss, i. 264

Kemble, Adelaide, _see_ Sartoris

Kemble, Mrs. (Fanny), on "Pan" and "Venus," ii. 45; reading of, i. 184; estimate of Leighton by, i. 264; letter to, i. 165; letters from, i. 165 _note_ [33]; ii. 68-83, 126 _note_ [40]; otherwise mentioned, i. 146, 147, 149, 178, 181, 245, 255, 300

Kew gardens, i. 219-221 _note_ [47]

Kimberley, S.A., art exhibition at, i. 4

Kom Ombo, ii. 160, 161

Koorveh, ii. 145

Kuppelwieser, i. 174

Kyrle Society, ii. 274-275

Laing, Isabel (Lady Nias), i. 108, 122 _note_ [25], 125; portrait of, 122-123, 177

Land, W.C., ii. 225

Landseer, Sir Edwin, ii. 59, 61

Lang, Mrs. Andrew, quoted, ii. 372

Lansdowne, Lord, ii. 41, 43

Lanteri, Edouard, ii. 288

Lascelles, E., ii. 92

Lawrence, Sir Thos., i. 269

Lecky, Prof., ii. 338

Leech, John, ii. 68

Lehmann, ii. 287

Leighton, Dr. (father), career of, i. 36-37; attitude towards art as a profession, 16-17; severity towards his son, 37; anatomy studies, 38; move to Bath, 56; illness, ii. 309-310; death, 314; letters to, i. 44, 110, 171, 177, 180, 212, 236, 237, 244, 248, 269, 283, 307; ii. 58, 62, 86, 95, 114-116, 129, 131, 206, 209, 211, 213, 238 _note_ [62], 261, 313; letter from, i. 101; letter regarding, i. 135-136; otherwise mentioned, i. 76, 84

Leighton, Lady (grandmother), i. 47, 56, 86

Leighton, Mrs. (mother), delicate health of, i. 36-38; tenderness of, 37; death of, ii. 126; letters to, i. 18, 42, 46, 49, 51, 59, 84, 92, 104, 122, 137, 139, 142, 147, 166, 167, 176, 178, 212, 224, 234, 236, 240, 245, 247, 281, 287, 289, 290, 297, 308; ii. 14 _note_ [2], 38, 43-48, 55, 57, 60, 64-68, 88, 91, 107, 108, 110, 111, 119, 122, 191; letters from, i. 57, 98, 133, 139, 144, 177, 226 _note_ [49], 232; letter from, to younger daughter, ii. 56

Leighton, Alexandra (sister), _see_ Orr

Leighton, Augusta (sister), _see_ Matthews

Leighton, Sir Baldwyn, letter from, i. 34

Leighton, Frederic, Lord-- Ancestry of, i. 34-36 Career, chronological sequence of-- birth, i. 36; early travels, 37, 38; education, 37-39, 41-42; under Steinle's influence, 40-42; first picture, 44; studies in Brussels, Paris and Frankfort, 44; visit to London, 45-48; portrait painting, 46, 48, 51-53; back to Frankfort, 48; at Bergheim, 49; in Holland, 54-55; Italy, 72-83; Rome, 95-96, 106 _et seq._, 161; at Bad Gleisweiler, 134; at Frankfort and Florence, 136; return to Rome, 139; at Lucca, 154 _note_ [28]; Frankfort, Venice, Florence and Rome, 154; consultation with Graefe, 157; success of "Cimabue's Madonna," 193; in London, 222, 233; in Paris, 235-237, 239 _et seq._; to Frankfort and Italy, 281-285; back to Rome, 289; in Algiers, 18, 293-294, 297-304; in Rome (1858), ii. 37; in London, 43; at 2 Orme Square, 47, 49; volunteering activities, i. 11-14; ii. 55, 107, 111; in Devonshire, 66; visit to Mason, 89-90; at Compiegne, 103-104; the Lyndhurst fresco, 104-108, 110-112; building of Leighton House, 114-117; A.R.A., 118; visit to Spain (1866), 128; examiner at Victoria and Albert Museum (1866-1875), 212; at Vichy (1869), 218 _note_ [56]; up the Nile, 131-187; R.A. (1869), 123, 188; visit to Damascus (1873), 205-209; to Spain (1877), 209; P.R.A. (1878), 223; trustee of British Museum (1881), 256; resigns volunteer commission (1883), 243-245; made a baronet (1886), 289; waning health, 241, 313, 318, 323, 324, 328; visit to Spain (1889), ii. 238 _note_ [62]; foreign travel, 313-316; Algiers, 318; made a peer, 331; fatal illness, 333-334; death, 334 Characteristics of-- Actuality, sense of, i. 280; ii. 5, 26-27, 30 Art, passionate attachment to, i. 2, 16, 17; ii. 338-339 Beauty, love of, i. 59; ii. 2, 30, 328, 369 _Bonhomie_, ii. 330 Boyishness, ii. 317 Children, love of, ii. 192, 328, 370 Consistency, ii. 3, 21 Courage, ii. 317 Critical faculty, i. 217 Criticism, attitude towards, i. 179 Depression, liability to, i. 10 Duty, sense of, i. 250; ii. 21 Enthusiasm, i. 18, 41 Fastidiousness, ii. 5 Gratitude, ii. 266 Greek-like combination of qualities, i. 24-25, 59;