Frederick Leighton 1872 Dutch School London Pavilion

London Pavilion

The dock was pumped dry to allow for the building of concrete ‘harbours’ that would be towed to France for ‘D Day’

A community of Indian seamen grew up in the Docklands areas of Stepney

He went on to call the buildings 'such a Congestion of mishapen and extravagant Houses'

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Frederick Leighton 1872 Dutch School London PavilionFrederick Leighton. Watercolour drawing over pencil. Full length portrait of Baron Frederick Leighton. For Vanity Fair Issue (M) 191. 'A sacrifice to the Graces.' Men of the Day. No. 46, June 29, 1872. This sketch conveys the urbane elegance of Frederick Leighton (1830 96) shown at one of London's round of social engagements. The charismatic Leighton had networked energetically with artists and patrons throughout the 1850s. In 1865 he made the ground