British painter Sir Frederick Leighton

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1879

Leighton (1830-1896) was a college-educated Pre-Raphaelite living in London. Early in his career he worked with Robert Browning to design the tomb for Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who died in 1861. Just a few years later he was accepted into The Royal Academy of Arts, and became its president in 1878. He was the first painter to be given a peerage, awarded to him the day before he died of heart failure. He never married, and his house in Holland Park is now a museum and open to the public. He is one of my favorite painters, frequently appearing here.

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