!['Frederick [sic] Leighton'](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/132/313/medium_1990_5036_6007_0010.jpg)
A Woodburytype entitled 'Frederick [sic] Leighton' taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1877. This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time.
A Woodburytype entitled 'Frederick [sic] Leighton' taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1877.
Lord Frederic Leighton (1830-1896) was an English painter and sculptor who began his studies in Italy. He became president of the Royal Academy in 1878, a post he held until his death in 1896.
This Woodburytype is taken from a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time. A brief biographical essay by Thompson Cooper (1837-1904) accompanied each portrait.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6007/10
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- photograph and woodburytype
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
