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Summary
Català:
Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton
(1830–1896)
Description
British painter, sculptor, politician and drawer
Date of birth/death
3 December 1830
25 January 1896
Location of birth/death
Scarborough
London
Work period
circa 1855-1896
Work location
London; City of Brussels; Paris; Frankfurt am Main; Rome; Algiers; Constantinople; Aswan; Damascus
Frederic Leighton (1830–1896) known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subject matter. Leighton was the bearer of the shortest-lived peerage in history; after only one day his hereditary peerage became extinct upon his death.
Tags
Date
1871
Source
Wikiart
Copyright info
public domain
