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Leighton House Museum

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Culture Service, Leighton House Museum

Open to the public

Museum or gallery in Kensington and Chelsea

164 artworks

Part of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Culture Service, Leighton House Museum

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12 Holland Park Road, London, Greater London W14 8LZ England

museums@rbkc.gov.uk

020 7602 3316

Before making a visit, check opening hours with the venue

http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums

Artworks

  • Colour Sketch for 'Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis'
    Colour Sketch for 'Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis' Frederic Leighton (1830–1896)
    Leighton House Museum
  • Shades of Evening
    Shades of Evening Marie Cazin (1844–1924)
    Leighton House Museum
  • Copy of 'The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John (The Taddei Tondo)'
    Copy of 'The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John (The Taddei Tondo)' Michelangelo (1475–1564) (after)
    Leighton House Museum
  • Model of an Athlete Wrestling with a Python
    Model of an Athlete Wrestling with a Python Frederic Leighton (1830–1896)
    Leighton House Museum
  • The Right Honourable Lady Caroline Holland
    The Right Honourable Lady Caroline Holland British School
    Leighton House Museum
  • Still Life, Fruit
    Still Life, Fruit Frederic Leighton (1830–1896)
    Leighton House Museum
  • George Aitchison (1825–1910), PRIBA
    George Aitchison (1825–1910), PRIBA René le Brun Comte de L'Hôpital (1877–1929)
    Leighton House Museum
  • 157 more

Not every artwork is on display – if you would like to see a particular work, contact the venue before your visit

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Culture Service, Leighton House Museum has another 181 artworks

Artists

  • The Mower
    Hamo Thornycroft (1850–1925)
  • Autumn
    Frederick Sandys (1829–1904)
  • The Gleaners Returning
    George Clausen (1852–1944)
  • John Linnell
    John Linnell (1792–1882)
  • Coastal Scene, Italy
    Giovanni Costa (1826–1903)
  • The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John
    Michelangelo (1475–1564)
  • Emilie Barrington, née Wilson (1841–1933)
    Mary Thornycroft (1809–1895)
  • Hope
    George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)
  • The Little Foot Page
    Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872–1945)
  • Boer War (1900–1901), Last Summer Things Were Greener
    John Byam Liston Shaw (1872–1919)

Stories

Curations

  • Colour Sketch for 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna is Carried in Procession through the Streets of Florence', 1854
    Showcase
    Art Unlocked: Leighton House

    6 artworks curated by Hannah Lund, Assistant Curator

Leighton House Museum is part of

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Culture Service, Leighton House Museum

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Venues in Kensington and Chelsea

  •
    Cecil French Bequest
  • Chelsea Library
  • Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
  • Holland Park
  • Kensington Central Library
  • Kensington Palace
  • Kensington Town Hall, Leighton House Museum
  • Kensington Town Hall, Mayor's Parlour
  • National Army Museum
  • National Trust, Carlyle's House