Frederick Leighton 1872 57.54 Surely the purr-fect gift

Surely the purr-fect gift

Interior view of a storage room at the Tilbury docks

the Port of London was the busiest in the world

collected and influenced art past and present

pioneering voyages and historical riverside pubs

Frederick Leighton 1872 57.54 Surely the purr-fect giftFrederick Leighton. Watercolour drawing over pencil. Full length portrait of Baron Frederick Leighton. For Vanity Fair Issue (M) 191. 'A sacrifice to the Graces.' Men of the Day. No. 46, June 29, 1872. This sketch conveys the urbane elegance of Frederick Leighton (1830 96) shown at one of London's round of social engagements. The charismatic Leighton had networked energetically with artists and patrons throughout the 1850s. In 1865 he made the ground