The life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton. Volume II
ii. 107, 111;
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;