Edmund Blair Leighton

Edmund Blair Leighton: (September 21, 1853—September 1, 1922) was a British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite and Romantic styles.

Leighton was the son of the artist Charles Blair Leighton. He was educated at University College School, before becoming a student at the Royal Academy Schools. He married Katherine Nash in 1885 and they went on to have a son and daughter. He exhibited annually at the Royal Academy from 1878 to 1920.

Leighton was a historical genre painter focusing mainly on Regency and medieval subjects.

List of works
    * Old Times (1877), private collection.
    * Till Death Us Do Part (1878)
    * The Dying Copernicus (1880)
    * Abaelard and his Pupil Heloise (1882), Phillips Auctioneers, UK.
    * Duty (1883)
    * The Gladiator's Wife (1884), private collection.
    * The Rehearsal (1888), Croydon Clocktower, UK.
    * Call To Arms (1888), Roy Miles Fine Paintings.
    * A Stolen Interview (1888)
    * Olivia (1888)
    * How Liza Loved the King (1890), Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum, Burnley.
    * Lay thy sweet hand in mine and trust in me (1891)
    * Lady Godiva (1892), Leeds City Art Gallery.
    * Two Strings (1893)
    * Launched in Life (1894)
    * My Next-Door Neighbour (1894), private collection.
    * Waiting for the Coach (1895), Manchester Art Gallery.
    * A Favour (1898)
    * Off (1899), Manchester Art Gallery.
    * God Speed! (1900)
    * On the Threshold (1900), Manchester Art Gallery.
    * The Accolade (1901), private collection.
    * Adieu (1901), Manchester Art Gallery.
    * Lilac (1901)
    * Alain Chartier (1903)
    * Tristan and Isolde (1907)
    * The Dedication (1908)
    * The Shadow (1909)
    * The Key (1909)
    * To the Unknown Land (1911)
    * The Boyhood of Alfred The Great (1913)
    * My Fair Lady (1914)
    * A Nibble (1914), private collection.
    * The Wedding March (1919)
    * The Lord of Burleigh, Tennyson (1919), private collection.
    * Sweet Solitude (1919), private collection.
    * After Service (1921), private collection.
    * Signing the Register (undated), Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery.
    * The Fond Farewell (undated), Messum's, London.
    * Lord of the Manor (undated), private collection.
    * Sorrow and Song (undated), Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery.
    * Lady in a Garden
    * The Charity of St. Elizabeth of Hungary
    * The Rose's Day
    * Stitching the Standard
    * The King and the Beggar-maid
    * End of the Song
    * Knighted
    * Waiting
    * Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament
    * Forest Tryst
    * Sweets to the Sweet
    * Courtship
    * Con Amore
    * The Request