The life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton . finished pictures, Cimabuefinding Giotto in the Fields of Florence, The Duel betweenRomeo and Tybalt, and The Death of Brunelleschi ; andalso made the notable drawing, now in the Victoria and AlbertMuseum, of a scene during the plague in Florence. Hismaster, Steinle, easily discerned that Leighton was trulyenamoured of Italy ; the subjects he chose were Italian, andhis memory was full of the charm and fascination of the countrywhich he ever referred to, to the end of his life, as his secondhome. It was decided that he should go to Rome, his fat
The life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton . finished pictures, Cimabuefinding Giotto in the Fields of Florence, The Duel betweenRomeo and Tybalt, and The Death of Brunelleschi ; andalso made the notable drawing, now in the Victoria and AlbertMuseum, of a scene during the plague in Florence. Hismaster, Steinle, easily discerned that Leighton was trulyenamoured of Italy ; the subjects he chose were Italian, andhis memory was full of the charm and fascination of the countrywhich he ever referred to, to the end of his life, as his secondhome. It was decided that he should go to Rome, his fatherhaving determined to leave Frankfort and to reside at Bath,where his mother, Lady Leighton, was then living. Steinlegave Leighton an introduction to his friend and fellow Naza-rene, Cornelius, and on the eve of his departure his motherwrote a farewell letter of injunctions, flavoured happily byhints of humour. There is something very quaint to thosewho knew Leighton after he was thirty in the admonitions 00 U Z o ID o Ph CO w OU UiGO> W H. ANTECEDENTS AND SCHOOL DAYS 57 with regard to manners and politeness, which occur in severalof his mothers letters. My dearest Child,—As we are about to part, you mayperhaps think you will be rid of my lectures, but no, I leaveyou some injunctions in writing, so that you will not be ableto urge the plea of forgetfulness if you continue your negligenthabits, though you certainly vc^Ay forget to read what I write—but I trust to your love and respect for nie, though the latterneeds cultivation nearly as much as habits of refinement inyou. I have no new advice to give you, I can but repeat whatI have urged on you many times from your childhood upwards ;I do implore you, let your conscience be your guide amidstall temptations, they will be such as they have never yet beento you, as you will henceforward have no other restraint onyour actions than what is self-imposed. I beseech you, donot suffer your disbelief in the dogmas of the Protes
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