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Leighton, Frederic, (1830-1896), Baron Leighton of Stretton, painter

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Surname: Leighton
Forenames: Frederic
Gender: Male
Date: 1830-1896
Title: Baron Leighton of Stretton
Biography: ODNB link for Leighton, Frederic (1830-1896) Baron Leighton of Stretton, painter
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P164766 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P17162 )
Online related resources Artists' Paper Register link for Frederic Leighton Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Frederic Leighton
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
Leighton House Museum
See National Heritage Memorial Fund Annual Report 1985-86, p32
2
letters (42) to Robert Browning
Baylor University Library
See NUC MS 61-2112
3
letters (c54) to 9th Earl of Carlisle
Castle Howard
NRA 24681
4
1880-95: letters (87) to AH Church; diary (1893); sketchbooks
Royal Academy of Arts
NRA 14837 Royal Academy
5
c1872-94: letters (10) mainly to Sidney Colvin
Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum
See HMC visit, JRS 1992
6
1874-85: letters to Lady Dilke
British Library, Manuscript Collections
7
1866-93: letters to WE Gladstone
British Library, Manuscript Collections
8
1880-87: letters to John Callcott Horsley and family
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 33896
9
letters (14) to Johnes family
National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services
NRA 28612 Johnes
10
1865-93: letters to Sir Austen Layard
British Library, Manuscript Collections
11
1877-95: letters, mainly to Manchester City Art Gallery
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
See Report of Keeper of MSS, Dec 1958
12
misc letters incl some to George Mason
Kensington and Chelsea Libraries and Arts Service
NRA 11693 Kensington Libraries

See HMC file: London Boroughs: Kensington, letter 16.8.93
13
1879-92: letters (19) to Fairfax Murray
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
14
1893: letters to Sir Matthew Ridley
Northumberland Archives
See List of accessions 1964
15
1887-95: letters (10) to Marion Spielmann
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
16
1862-96: letters to FG Stephens
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
17
1861-96: letters to GF Watts
Watts Gallery
NRA 8123 Watts
18
c1856-96: corresp (c300 items)
Kensington and Chelsea Libraries and Arts Service
NRA 25618 Leighton
19
1880-95: corresp
Royal Academy of Arts
NRA 14837 Royal Academy
20
1891-94: corresp (107 items) re the Duke of Wellington's Memorial
London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
See Manuscript collections 1978
21
1856-90: letters (25)
Huntington Library
See Guide to literary MSS 1979