tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post7204197103416309293..comments2024-03-25T18:27:37.374+00:00Comments on The Kissed Mouth: Better Leighton Than NeverKirsty Stonell Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-65312774971705414202020-05-01T14:16:47.529+01:002020-05-01T14:16:47.529+01:00Great story behind some lovely art, thank you.Great story behind some lovely art, thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885875405734705134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-43561459598349717792019-09-02T13:37:06.521+01:002019-09-02T13:37:06.521+01:00Hello I have been sent a copy of your comments abo...Hello I have been sent a copy of your comments above from the Bristol Museum which I understand holds the original painting in storage. I have a print of the signing of the register which my grandmother got when she got married and I was wanting to find out more about the print, because of mine it is called 'Mated' and your comments are the first I have been able to find that refers to that. I am trying to find out when it was changed from 'mated' and how long it was called 'Mated'. Do you have that information please? Wendywpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06083588583435778344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-473031462730131582018-09-23T18:57:01.231+01:002018-09-23T18:57:01.231+01:00It's been a while since you posted this evocat...It's been a while since you posted this evocation of EBL's paintings, but I've only just found it as I was looking up something else entirely, Charles Blair Leighton's contacts. Edmund Blair Leighton was my great grandfather, so it's a joy to learn he was appreciated by Agatha Christie as well as by you. I love all your comments about the light and the fabric, he was very interested in fabric and for years my grandmother still had many of the costumes worn in the paintings (sadly she sold them at auction about 35 years ago). His brushwork was beautiful and I THINK virtually all his paintings had roses in them somewhere. As a child I used to love going through the magazines with his Academy paintings in, looking for where he had signed with his initials (EBL and the date). The Signing of the Register (he called it Mated!) shows my grandmother's hand signing, but the face was of a prettier cousin, which thankfully she found amusing. Thank you for a really lovely post. And also for getting his date of birth right!!Amanda Davey - Tilia Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18314626082907166273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-48638527591101929802013-02-20T18:31:15.498+00:002013-02-20T18:31:15.498+00:00These works are absolutely wonderful. I was aware ...These works are absolutely wonderful. I was aware of "Lord" Leighton but had never heard of Blair Leighton. I never cease to be amazed by how many amazingly talented pre-raphaelite artists there were and the huge body of work that they produced between them. It amkes me think that the Tate or somebody ought to put on another exhibition, this time of the lesser known painters, leaving out the big 3, Burne Jones, Morris and Waterhouse (you could call them the pre-raph "B" team - reminds me of when the Australian "B" cricket team was easily the second best team in the world)WoofWoofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14142792485921452481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-46543545881689756392013-02-17T17:31:52.185+00:002013-02-17T17:31:52.185+00:00Fab stuff! Love Merrian's link, too...Fab stuff! Love Merrian's link, too...Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-51496031273242530672013-02-14T14:10:55.643+00:002013-02-14T14:10:55.643+00:00Thanks for your comments and a Happy Valentine'...Thanks for your comments and a Happy Valentine's Day to all!Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-55354040008218413072013-02-14T11:40:18.005+00:002013-02-14T11:40:18.005+00:00Have you seen The Library Time Machine blog's ...Have you seen The Library Time Machine blog's latest post?<br /><br />In the photos of a Kensington House you can see:<br />1. A picture of Mr and Mrs McCulloch where the central picture is the Garden of the Hesperides by Lord Leighton <br />2. Waterhouse's 1894 Ophelia hanging on the wall in the fifth picture with Mrs McCulloch standing<br /><br />The article says the couple married in 1893 so that likely makes them the first owners of the Waterhouse and perhaps the Leighton?<br /><br />http://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/mrs-mccullochs-house/ <br /><br />Merrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10011475229740382877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-36308568195452841222013-02-14T08:40:51.159+00:002013-02-14T08:40:51.159+00:00What a lovely and intriguing post - and thank you ...What a lovely and intriguing post - and thank you for introducing me to Leightons that I didn't even know were by him! And Happy Valentines back at you!Freyalynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11911845535682123517noreply@blogger.com