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 Simœtha, the Sorceress. (35 × 55½ inches.) R.A. See Sketch, Leighton House Collection.
1887. *The Last Watch of Hero. (62½ × 35½ inches, with predella 12½ × 29½ 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: Musæus (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.