
Frederic, Lord LeightonStorbritannien, 1830–1896Må man se det?
London, Storbritannien
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1878
Knighted at Windsor Castle
In 1878, the year he was elected President of the Royal Academy, Leighton was knighted at Windsor Castle and made an Officer of the Légion d’honneur; from then on he was known as Sir Frederic Leighton.
1878–1896
Post: President of the Royal Academy of Arts
1880
Italy asks for his self-portrait for the Uffizi
In 1880 the Italian government invited Leighton to send his self-portrait for the Uffizi’s unique collection of self-portraits by famous painters in Florence.