Leighton and Victorian Travel
Frederic Leighton's travels
This text explains where Leighton travelled to in the world. What was involved in organising travel in the nineteenth century and how did people get around?
Sections of Leighton's personal correspondence are used to cast light on his reasons for travelling and his descriptions of places visited.
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Forgotten voices of 19th century travel and exploration
This text considers the writings of those who have been omitted from the history of travel and exploration in the nineteenth century. Who were the great women travellers of this age? It also discusses what eastern travellers thought of their European neighbours.
Tourists posed in front of the Sphinx and Great Pyramid, 1905. Gelatine print by J. Dozsay (attrib.)(courtesy Ken and Jenny Jacobson)
1882, Empires & Leighton's Travels, Map.
Leighton and Collecting Art
What did Leighton collect during his travels?Empires and People
Who ruled the Middle East in Leighton's time?
Documents and Sources
> Leighton's Passport
> Letter from Leighton
> Letter to Leighton
> Leighton's Tangiers
Photographs
> Empire and Travel Map
> Collecting Map
> La Zisa Palace
> Leighton's Paint Box
> Letter from Leighton
> Letter to Leighton
> Leighton's Tangiers
Photographs
> Empire and Travel Map
> Collecting Map
> La Zisa Palace
> Leighton's Paint Box
Extras
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