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Edmund Leighton
Arts, Music & MediaWho is Edmund Leighton in the Agency editorial?
Edmund Leighton (1852-1922) was an English painter known for medieval and historical scenes. Issue.13 names him once, in the caption of an image: the painting "The End of the Song" (1902), which the caption says "depicts the legendary medieval romance of Tristan and Isolde".
In short
Edmund Leighton (1852-1922), also known as Edmund Blair Leighton, was an English painter of medieval and historical scenes. In the Agency editorial he appears only in an image caption of Issue.13. The image closes the opening of the edition, just before the section that tells the legend of Tristan and Isolde, and its caption credits the painting "The End of the Song" (1902) to him and says it "depicts the legendary medieval romance of Tristan and Isolde". The author's prose does not mention the painter.
Key facts
- Who was Edmund Leighton?
- An English painter, born in 1852 and died in 1922, also known as Edmund Blair Leighton, who painted medieval and historical scenes.
- Where does the Agency editorial name Edmund Leighton?
- In Issue.13, in the caption of an image placed just before the section on the legend of Tristan and Isolde. He is not named in the author's prose.
- What does Issue.13 say about him?
- Only that "The End of the Song" (1902) is by him and that the painting "depicts the legendary medieval romance of Tristan and Isolde".
Who was Edmund Leighton?
Edmund Leighton, also known as Edmund Blair Leighton, was an English painter born in 1852 who died in 1922. He painted medieval and historical scenes, among them The Accolade (1901) and The End of the Song (1902). These facts come from outside the edition and are marked for verification.
How does Edmund Leighton appear in Issue.13?
Issue.13 is about love. At the end of its opening, before the section that tells the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde, the edition shows a painting. The caption reads that "The End of the Song" by Edmund Leighton (1902) "depicts the legendary medieval romance of Tristan and Isolde". That caption is the only mention of the painter in the editions.
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