© Leighton House Museum
Portrait of Frederic Leighton
Artist: G F Watts (1817 - 1904)
Location: Leighton House Museum
Date: 1871
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 66 x 53cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £40,000 (Total: £250,000)
Vendor: Through Nevill Keating Pictures Ltd
Review number: 5264 (2003)
Provenance:
The Hon Lady Leighton-Warren and Sir Bryan Leighton Bt; by descent to Sir Michael Leighton; Sotheby's London, 1999.
Description:
Half-length portrait of Frederic, Lord Leighton (1830-1896) in a relaxed though slightly pensive mood, his head resting on his left hand. The artist and his subject were lifelong friends, and the finished work was almost certainly presented to Leighton on its completion, and is subsequently recorded as hanging at his house.
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