Frederic Lord Leighton: Hayatı ve Eserlerinin Resimli Bir Kaydı - Frederic Lord Leighton: An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work

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Frederic Lord Leighton

Late President of the Royal Academy of Arts

An Illustrated Record of

His Life and Work

By Ernest Rhys

London: George Bell & Sons

1900

First Published, super-royal, 4to, 1895.

Second Edition, revised, colombier 8vo, 1898.

Third Edition, revised, crown 8vo, 1900.

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Publishers' Note to Third Edition

The reception given to previous editions of this work encourages thepublishers to hope that a re-issue in a smaller form may be appreciated.The present volume is reprinted with a few alterations and correctionsfrom the second edition published in 1898. A chapter on "Lord Leighton'sHouse in 1900," by Mr. S. Pepys Cockerell, has been added.

The publishers take the opportunity to repeat their acknowledgments ofassistance most kindly given by numerous owners and admirers of theartist's work. By the gracious consent of H.M. the Queen, the Cimabuein the Buckingham Palace collection, is here reproduced. Especial thanksare also due to Lord Davey, Lord Hillingdon, Lord Rosebery, Mrs.Dyson-Perrins, the late Mr. Alfred Morrison, Sir Bernhard Samuelson, LadyHallé, Mr. Alex. Henderson, Mr. Francis Reckitts, the late Sir HenryTate, the Birmingham and Manchester Corporations, and the President andCouncil of the Royal Academy, who have kindly permitted the reproductionof pictures in their possession. To the late Lord Leighton himself theauthor and publishers have to acknowledge their[Pg vi] indebtedness for alarge number of studies and sketches, hitherto unpublished, as well asfor his kind co-operation in the preparation of the volume. The authorwishes also to record his thanks to Mr. M. H. Spielmann for permissionto use his admirable account of the President's method of painting.

By arrangement with the holders of several important copyrights,including Messrs. Thos. Agnew and Sons, P. and D. Colnaghi and Co.,H. Graves and Co., Arthur Tooth and Sons, the Society for PromotingChristian Knowledge, the proprietors of the Art Journal, the BerlinPhotographic Company, and the Fine Art Society (whose courtesies in thematter are duly credited in the list of illustrations), the publishershave been enabled to represent many of the most popular paintings by theartist, and a selection of his famous designs for Dalziel's BibleGallery.

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