John Leighton

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John Leighton


Born
September 15, 1822

Died
September 15, 1912


John Leighton (pseud. Luke Limner) was an English artist notable for his book illustrations and book cover designs. His talent for design found early expression in the publication "Suggestions in Design ... for the Use of Artists and Art Workmen" (1852). This was a work that expounded Leighton's values and beliefs with regard to the history of design. He used the ornaments and designs repeatedly in the thirty years after its publication with regard to illustrations within books, and for many hundreds of drawings for book cover designs.

Leighton was one of the first to study book plates, and encourage their collection, and in the early 1890s helped in the establishment of an Ex-Libris Society, of which he was the Vice-President. As a publishe
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100 Masterpieces in the Van...

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The Royal Picture Alphabet

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1,100 Designs and Motifs fr...

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Paris under the Commune The...

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Christmas Comes but Once A ...

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Paradise View: Collected Poems

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476 Decorative Designs (Dov...

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Madre Natura Versus The Mol...

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