Only Connect - Frederic Leighton <> Joseph Joachim
How are these sitters connected?
Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton
by George Frederic Watts
1881
NPG 1049
Joseph Joachim
by Sir Leslie Ward
published in Vanity Fair 5 January 1905
NPG 4930
The connection
The artist Lord Leighton’s studio in Holland Park was designed for the creation of art and the performance music; it was here that Leighton’s friend, the violinist Joseph Joachim, often played music by J.S. Bach.
Find out more about Leighton connections with co-curator Peter Sheppard Skaerved