Some of the lots were bought to provide evidence of the familys origins and letters from his father provide information about Leightons early life and relationship with his parents. The Museum was also able to buy a number of individual letters to Leighton from Dickens, Richard Burton, Wilkie Collins and Trollope
Item Provenance
Phillipss October 1985, Lots 556, 557, 560 -3, 581-5, 588, 589