The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton - Volume II Part 43
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Volume II Part 43

1881. Portrait of Mrs. Algernon Sartoris. G.G.

1882. *Day-Dreams. (47-1/2 35-1/2 inches.) R.A.

1882. Wedded. R.A. See Sketches, Leighton House Collection.

1882. Phryne at Eleusis. (86 48 inches.) (Melbourne, 1888.) R.A.

See Sketches, Leighton House Collection.

1882. Antigone. R.A.

1882. "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it"--Rev. xx.

13. (Design for a portion of a decoration in St. Paul's.) R.A. The Tate Gallery. See Sketches, Leighton House Collection.

1882. Melittion. R.A.

1882. *Portrait of Mrs. Mocatta. (23-1/2 19-1/2 inches.)

1882. Zeyra. G.G.

1883. The Dance: decorative frieze for a drawing-room in a private house. R.A. See Sketches, Leighton House Collection.

1883. *Vestal. (24-1/2 17 inches.) R.A.

1883. *Kittens. (48 31-1/2 inches.) R.A.

1883. Memories. R.A.

1883. Portrait of Miss Nina Joachim. (16 13 inches.)

1884. *Letty. (18 15-1/2 inches.) R.A.

1884. *Cymon and Iphigenia. (64 129 inches.) (Berlin, 1885.) R.A. See Sketches, Leighton House Collection.

1884. A Nap. R.A.

1884. Sun Gleams. R.A.

1885. ..."Serenely wandering in a trance of sober thought." ...

(46 27 inches.) R.A.

1885. Portrait of the Lady Sybil Primrose. R.A.

1885. *Portrait of Mrs. A. Hichens. (26-1/2 20-1/2 inches.) R.A.

1885. Music: a frieze. R.A. See Sketches, Leighton House Collection.

1885. Phoebe. (Manchester, 1887.) R.A.

1885. A Study. G.G.

1885. Tombs of Muslim Saints. S.S.

1885. Mountains near Ronda Puerta de los Vientos. S.S.

1886. Painted decoration for the ceiling of a music-room.[98] (7 20 feet.) R.A. See Sketches, Leighton House Collection.

1886. Gulnihal. R.A.

1886. *The Sluggard. Statue, bronze. R.A. Presented to the Tate Gallery by Sir Henry Tate. See Statuette, Leighton House Collection.

1886. *Needless Alarms. Statuette. R.A. See Bronze, Leighton House Collection.

1887. *The Jealousy of Simoetha, the Sorceress. (35 55-1/2 inches.) R.A. See Sketch, Leighton House Collection.

1887. *The Last Watch of Hero. (62-1/2 35-1/2 inches, with predella 12-1/2 29-1/2 inches.) R.A. Corporation of Manchester. See Sketch, Leighton House Collection.

"With aching heart she scanned the sea-face dim.

Lo! at the turret's foot his body lay, Rolled on the stones, and washed with breaking spray."

--_Hero and Leander: Musaeus_ (translated by Edwin Arnold).

1887. [Picture of a little girl with golden hair, and pale blue eyes.]

"Yellow and pale as ripened corn Which Autumn's kiss frees--grain from sheath-- Such was her hair, while her eyes beneath, Showed Spring's faint violets freshly born."

--ROBERT BROWNING.

1887. *Design for the reverse of the Jubilee Medallion. (Executed for Her Majesty Queen Victoria's Government.) R.A. See Sketches, Leighton House Collection.

Empire, enthroned in the centre, rests her right hand on the sword of Justice, and holds in her left the symbol of victorious rule. At her feet, on one side, Commerce proffers wealth; on the other, a winged figure holds emblems of Electricity and Steam-power. Flanking the throne to the right of the spectator are Agriculture and Industry; on the opposite side, Science, Literature, and the Arts. Above, interlocking wreaths, held by winged genii representing respectively the years 1837 and 1887, inclose the initials V.R.I.

1888. *Captive Andromache. (77 160 inches.) R.A. Corporation of Manchester. See Sketches, Leighton House Collection.

..."Some standing by, Marking thy tears fall, shall say, 'This is she, The wife of that same Hector that fought best Of all the Trojans, when all fought for Troy.'"

--_Iliad_, vi. (E.B. Browning's translation).

1888. *Portrait of Amy, Lady Coleridge. (42 39-1/2 inches.) (S.P.P., 1891.) R.A.

1888. *Portraits of the Misses Stewart Hodgson. (47 39-1/2 inches.)

1888. Four Studies. R.W.S.

1888. Five Studies. S.S.

1889. *Sibyl. (59 34 inches.) R.A. See Sketches, Leighton House Collection.