Baron Leighton Gallery

The Last Watch of Hero, 1887, (c1902). Creator: Unknown

The Last Watch of Hero, 1887, (c1902). After a painting in the Manchester Art Gallery. Victorian depiction of a scene from Greek mythology, the priestess Hero waits anxiously for her lover Leander who has drowned after Hero's guiding lamp was blown out by the wind. From The Nation's Pictures. A selection from the finest modern paintings in the public picture galleries of Great Britain, reproduced in colour. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, c1902]

© The Print Collector / Heritage-Images

Captain Richard Burton, British explorer, c1880-1882. Artist: Charles Waltner

Captain Richard Burton, British explorer, c1880-1882. After the portrait by Sir Frederic Leighton. Richard Francis Burton's (1821-1890) extensive travels included a journey to Mecca, disguised as a Pathan, and an expedition to locate the source of the Nile, with John Hanning Speke. He also translated the Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra into English. Burton was knighted in 1886. A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas, JS Virtue and Co, London, c1880-1882

© Print Collector / Heritage-Images