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Leighton, Frederick, Lord

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Eminent English artist, born at Scarborough; studied in the chief art-centres of the Continent; his first exhibit at the Royal Academy being "Cimabue's Madonna carried in Procession through Florence," which was followed by a numerous array of others of classic merit, and showing the scholar as well as the artist; he distinguished himself in sculpture as well as painting, and died President of the Royal Academy after being ennobled (1830-1897).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Leighton, Frederick, Lord'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​l/leighton-frederick-lord.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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