Originated as the bequest left by Lord Leighton in 1896. Bob Speel provides some useful information about what the fund has bought.
The newspaper article quoted at Sloane Square fountain contains: "... Leighton Fund, a trust founded by two sisters of Lord Leighton, a former president of the Royal Academy, for the purpose of placing pictures and other works of art in or near public buildings."
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Leighton Fund
{On the pedestal, at the front:} Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723 - 1792 First Pre...
{Running around the urn near the top:} Sweet Thames run softly till I end my ...
She's manipulating a fan but meanwhile, unnoticed by Nell, her dress has slip...
Muralist. Married to Anna. Designed the Hackney Peace Carnival Mural but died suddenly from a heart attack, aged 39 before the painting began. He was also working on the Cable Street mural when he...
Also known as 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning. An art space and gallery in Railton Road, Brixton that for more than three decades has had a strong commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion...
An art company, set up by Goldsmiths College graduates Patricio Forrester and Julian Sharples, with the aim of improving public spaces.
Painter. Born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Known as Frank, his forte was in portraiture and he also painted over forty large canvases of historical and national events. He also produced a large qua...
Born Bold Street, Liverpool. Son of the painter William Henry Hunt. Poet and landscape painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He won the Newdigate Prize in 1851 for his poem ‘Nine...
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