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Leighton, Edmund Blair (1852–1922), artist
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Dates of existence
21 September 1852 – 1 September 1922
History
Painter of historical genre scenes, specialising in Regency and medieval subjects. His art is associated with the pre-Raphaelite movement of the mid-to-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.