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Edmund Blair Leighton’s sentimental paintings of the Regency era

July 2, 2010 by Vic

Edmund Blair Leighton (1853 – 1922) was an historical genre painter who is best known for paintings of regency and medieval times. The paintings are sentimental, but are still extremely popular as posters and prints. Very little is known about the artist. This biograpny of E.B. Leighton on ArtMagick offers the most comprehensive information about the painter, aside from Wikipedia. This link to the Art Renewal Center provides a photograph of the artist and an obituary.

A favour, Edmund Blair Leighton

The images, while idealized and a bit syrupy, and obviously painted during Edwardian and Victorian times, are still a joy to behold for their sweet nostalgia for a bygone era.

The request

The Windmiller's Guest

Walking to church

Sweets to the sweet

The piano lesson

Signing the register

More images at Enchanted Serenity of Period Films

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  1. on July 2, 2010 at 10:47 ellenandjim

    Very interesting, Vic. They may be syrupy, but the one of the young woman on the terrace is very like so many of these costume dramas of the 1980s; the walk to the church too. I had never heard of Edmund Blair Leighton and am willing to suppose in his own time he was as known as the today more famous respected painters. Ellen


  2. on July 2, 2010 at 11:20 Vic

    Thank you, Ellen. While I have seen many of these paintings, I never knew much about the painter. For someone who exhibited annually at the Royal Academy, curiously little is known about him. http://www.paintinghere.com/artist/Edmund_Blair_Leighton-1.html and http://www.paintinghere.com/artist-1/Edmund-Blair-Leighton-Paintings.html


  3. on July 2, 2010 at 11:28 Louise

    Lovely to see these wonderful paintings…..many an inspiration for my dolls there!

    Best wishes,
    Louise.
    http://www.angeliqueminiatures.co.uk
    Blog http://angeliqueminiatures.wordpress.com/


  4. on July 2, 2010 at 11:51 Else

    Simply lovely. If only today’s women were as demure, and men so gentlemanly, as in that era. The details in the pictures are also so interesting! Thanks for sharing.


  5. on July 2, 2010 at 12:20 Malyss

    What a marvellous painter! I agree with Else. The beauty of those paintings are living me breathless. Thank you so much to teach us about him!


  6. on July 2, 2010 at 12:44 vvb

    I love these pieces you selected to post. So romantic. And thanks for introducing me to this painter.


  7. on July 2, 2010 at 15:09 Diehl Art Gallery

    Beautiful paintings! Thanks for posting these!


  8. on July 2, 2010 at 17:37 Dana Huff

    I was familiar with his medieval work, but I didn’t realize he painted Regency, too. Thanks for the heads up!


  9. on July 3, 2010 at 00:01 Karen Field

    I wonder if there’s a compilation of his works somewhere? I’d love to have a book of his works to look at.


  10. on July 3, 2010 at 13:29 Cora Harrison

    I was interested in the wedding picture as I am just editing the bit about the wedding of Jane’s cousin Jane Cooper (I call her Jenny).
    I wonder how authentic this outfit is, Vic, or is it a piece of Victorian sentimentality?
    I’m forwarding the link to your blog to my editor at Macmillan. I don’t know why I haven’t done it before. She will be so interested in it as she is also a great jane Austen fan.


  11. on July 3, 2010 at 19:39 Vic

    Cora, That is a piece of sentimentality. Queen Victoria set the precedent for a wedding depicted in this image. Please click on this link, which discusses weddings in the days before the Victorian age. https://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/regency-wedding-dresses-and-later-developments-in-bridal-fashions/


  12. on July 4, 2010 at 05:07 Cora Harrison

    I thought so! I must say that I love Princess Charlotte’s wedding dress – much more stylish.


  13. on July 4, 2010 at 15:58 Vidya

    Charming paintings! I have Pamela Aidan’s These three remain and I see that one of Leighton’s painting made the cover of this novel.


  14. on July 21, 2010 at 21:48 Erin

    That was interesting. I really enjoyed looking at the paintings.



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