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Frederic Leighton: Orpheus and Eurydice  wikidata:Q30005166 reasonator:Q30005166
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Frederic Leighton  (1830–1896)  wikidata:Q160252 s:en:Author:Frederic Leighton q:ta:பிரடெரிக் லைய்ட்டான்
 
Frederic Leighton
Description English-British painter, sculptor, politician and drawer
Date of birth/death 3 December 1830 Edit this at Wikidata 25 January 1896 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Scarborough London
Work period circa 1855-1896
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London; City of Brussels; Paris; Frankfurt; Rome; Algiers; Constantinople; Aswan; Damascus Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q160252
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Title
Orpheus and Eurydice
label QS:Len,"Orpheus and Eurydice"
label QS:Lpl,"Orfeusz i Eurydyka"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Orpheus and Eurydice, by Frederic Leighton

Identifier: scienceofeugenic00hadd (find matches)
Title: The science of eugenics and sex life, the regeneration of the human race ..
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Hadden, Walter J Robinson, Charles H Melendy, Mary Ries, 1842- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Eugenics Marriage Beauty, Personal Women
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE —Sir Frederick Leighton It is related in mythology that Orpheus obtained the return of his beloved -wife Eury-dice from the infernal regions after her death provided he would not look into her eyes.Orpheus, in a moment of forgetfulness, cast a look behind him. They were torn apartwith, Farewell, a last farewell.

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Date 1914
date QS:P571,+1914-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 127.3 cm (50.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 110 cm (43.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+127.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+110U174728
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LH/P/OT/0392 (Leighton House Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
References https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=LH%2fP%2fOT%2f0392&pos=5 Edit this at Wikidata
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  • bookyear:1914
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Hadden__Walter_J
  • bookauthor:Robinson__Charles_H
  • bookauthor:Melendy__Mary_Ries__1842___from_old_catalog_
  • booksubject:Eugenics
  • booksubject:Marriage
  • booksubject:Beauty__Personal
  • booksubject:Women
  • bookpublisher:Philadelphia__Pa___National_publishing_co
  • bookcontributor:The_Library_of_Congress
  • booksponsor:The_Library_of_Congress
  • bookleafnumber:125
  • bookcollection:library_of_congress
  • bookcollection:americana
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