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Winding the Skein
By permission of the Fine Art Society. (Photogravure plate.)		 [Frontispiece]
Cimabue's Madonna
By the gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen.		 [10]
Golden Hours
By the kind permission of Lord Davey.		 [21]
Helen of Troy
By permission of Messrs. H. Graves and Co.		 [22]
Orpheus and Eurydice
By the kind permission of Francis Reckitts, Esq.		 [22]
Venus Disrobing for the Bath
By the kind permission of Alexander Henderson, Esq.		 [24]
Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon [24]
Dædalus and Icarus
By the kind permission of Alexander Henderson, Esq.		 [26]
St. Jerome
By the kind permission of the President and Council of the
Royal Academy of Arts.		 [26]
Hercules Wrestling With Death for the Body Of Alcestis
By the kind permission of Sir Bernhard Samuelson.		 [30]
Summer Moon
By the kind permission of the late Alfred Morrison, Esq., from the
photogravure published by Messrs. P. and D. Colnaghi and Co.		 [30]
The Juggling Girl
By the kind permission of Lord Hillingdon.		 [32]
A Condottiere
By permission of the Corporation of Birmingham.		 [32]
The Daphnephoria
By permission of the Fine Art Society.		 [34]
Nausicaa [38]
Sister's Kiss
By permission of the Fine Art Society.		 [40]
Phryne at Eleusis
By permission of the late Lord Leighton.		 [42]
Day Dreams
By permission of the Fine Art Society.		 [42]
Cymon and Iphigenia
By permission of the Fine Art Society. (Photogravure plate.)		 [44]
The Last Watch of Hero
By permission of the Corporation of Manchester.		 [46]
Greek Girls playing at Ball
By permission of the Berlin Photographic Company.		 [48]
The Bath of Psyche
By permission of the Berlin Photographic Company.		 [48]
Farewell
By permission of Messrs. A. Tooth and Sons.		 [50]
"And the Sea gave up the dead which were in it"
By the kind permission of Sir Henry Tate.		 [50]
The Frigidarium
By permission of Messrs. H. Graves and Co.		 [50]
Rizpah
By permission of Messrs. Cassell and Co.		 [52]
The Bracelet
By permission of Messrs. T. Agnew and Sons.		 [52]
Fatidica
By permission of Messrs. T. Agnew and Sons.		 [52]
A Bacchante
By permission of Messrs. H. Graves and Co.		 [54]
Hit
By permission of the proprietors of the "Art Journal."		 [54]
Egyptian Slinger
By the kind permission of Lord Davey.		 [112]
Elisha and the Shunamite's Son
By the kind permission of Mrs. Dyson-Perrins.		 [114]
"... Serenely Wandering in a trance of sober thought" [128]
II. LANDSCAPES, ETC.
Garden at Generalife, Granada [28]
Mimbar of the Great Mosque at Damascus [28]
Fountain in Court at Damascus [132]
The Island of Ægina, Pnyx in the Foreground [132]
Ruined Mosque, Broussa [134]
City of Tombs, Assiout, Egypt [134]
Athens, With the Genoese Tower, Pnyx in Foreground [136]
Coast of Asia Minor Seen From Rhodes [136]
Red Mountains Desert, Cairo [136]
III. PORTRAITS.
Portrait of the Artist. (In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence) [3]
Portrait of the Hon. Mabel Mills
By the kind permission of Lady Hillingdon.		 [36]
Portrait of Captain (Sir) Richard Burton [36]
Portrait of Signor Costa [40]
Portrait of the Lady Sybil Primrose
By the kind permission of Lord Rosebery.		 [46]
IV. STUDIES AND SKETCHES.
Two Early Pencil Studies [6]
Scheme for a Picture, "The Plague in Florence" [8]
Study for a Head—"The Dead Romeo" [14]
A Pencil Study [16]
A Lemon Tree. (A pencil study) [18]
Byzantine Well-Head. (A pencil study) [18]
Study for "The Daphnephoria" [34]
Study for "Elijah in the Wilderness" [38]
Study for "Captive Andromache" (nude) [56]
Study for a Figure in "Captive Andromache" [56]
Study for "Andromache" [56]
Study for "Perseus and Andromeda" [58]
Study for a Figure in "The Bath of Psyche" [58]
Study for "Solitude" [58]
Study for a Figure in "The Return of Persephone" [60]
Study for "Persephone" [60]
Studies for the Decoration of the Ceiling of a Music Room [62]
Cain and Abel{From Dalziel's
"Bible Gallery"
Moses Views the Promised Land
Samson and the Lion
Samson Carrying Off the Gates
By permission of Messrs. J. S. Virtue and Co. and the
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.		 [70]
"A Contrast" [72]
A Study in Oils. (Head of a girl, back view) [74]
Head of a Young Girl. (A Study in oils)
By the kind permission of Lady Hallé.		 [76]
Study of a Head [78]
Study of a Head [80]
A Study in Oils. (Head of a girl) [82]
V. FRESCOES, WALL PAINTINGS, ETC.
Two Friezes—Music, the Dance [44]
Decoration for the Ceiling of a Music Room [62]
The Industrial Arts of War.
(From the fresco at South Kensington Museum)		 [64]
The Industrial Arts of Peace.
(From the fresco at South Kensington Museum)		 [64]
Cupid. (From a fresco) [66]
Phœnicians bartering with Britons.
(Panel in the Royal Exchange)		 [66]
VI. SCULPTURE.
An Athlete Struggling with a Python.
(Bronze statue, from two points of view)		 [68]
Study in Clay for "Cymon" [68]
Study in Clay for "The Sluggard" [68]
Study in Clay for "Perseus" [68]
Study in Clay for "Andromeda" [68]
Design for Reverse of the Jubilee Medallion (1887) [130]
VII. LORD LEIGHTON'S HOUSE.
In the Inner Hall.
(From a photograph taken specially by Mr. James Hyatt)		 [88]
In the Arab Hall.
(From a photograph by Messrs. Bedford, Lemere, and Co.)		 [96]
Bookplate of Lord Leighton.
(Designed by R. Anning Bell)		 [120]

With four exceptions all the reproductions are by the Swan Electric Engraving Company.

FREDERIC LORD LEIGHTON, P.R.A.

LIST OF DIGNITIES AND HONOURS CONFERRED
ON FREDERIC LEIGHTON.
Knighted, 1878; created a Baronet, 1886; created Baron Leighton of Stretton,
1896; elected Associate of the Royal Academy, 1864; Royal Academician, 1869;
President of the Royal Academy, 1878; Hon. Mem. Royal Scottish Academy,
and Royal Hibernian Academy, Associate of the Institute of France, President
of the International Jury of Painting, Paris Exhibition, 1878; Hon. Member,
Berlin Academy, 1886; also Member of the Royal Academy of Vienna,
1888, Belgium, 1886, of the Academy of St. Luke, Rome, and the Aca-
demies of Florence (1882), Turin, Genoa, Perugia, and Antwerp (1885);
Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1879; Hon. LL.D., Cambridge, 1879; Hon.
LL.D., Edinburgh, 1884; Hon. D.Lit., Dublin, 1892; Hon.
D.C.L., Durham, 1894; Hon. Fellow of Trinity College,
London, 1876; Lieut.-Colonel of the 20th Middlesex
(Artists') Rifle Volunteers, 1876 to 1883 (resigned);
then Hon. Colonel and holder of the Volunteer
Decoration; Commander of the Legion of
Honour, 1889; Commander of the
Order of Leopold; Knight of the
Prussian Order "pour le
Mérite," and of the
Coburg Order Dem
Verdienste.

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST (1881)
Painted for the Uffizi Gallery