Study At A Reading Desk

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frederic_leightonFrederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton PRA (1830–1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton, Bt, between 1886 and 1896, was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter. Leighton was bearer of the shortest-lived peerage in history; after only one day his hereditary peerage ended with his death.