Frederic Leighton, 2 Holland Park Road, Kensington, to Church

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

LEI/44/21

Title

Frederic Leighton, 2 Holland Park Road, Kensington, to Church

Date

30 May 1889

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Messrs Reeves have presented him with a handsome paint-box, which he cannot refuse, although he doesn't want it. It contains a colour they call "pure orange", which looks like scarlet madder. It also includes indigo, in which he delights, but has always avoided. He notes that his old friend and master Robert-Fleury used the pigment to underpaint drapery. He asks advice and wants to drop in to see him, his collection and experiments at his quarters in Burlington House.

Language/Script

Dictated.