Frederic Leighton, 2 Holland Park Road, to Church

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

LEI/44/74

Title

Frederic Leighton, 2 Holland Park Road, to Church

Date

26 Oct 1894

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 postcard

Content Description

He sends the tempera white as used by his friend Prof. Costa. He has long looked for something to mitigate the greasiness and slipperiness of oil paint. The most luminous thing he ever painted used a vehicle of starch and oil.