John Leighton (artist)

John Leighton (15 September 1822 – 15 September 1912) was an English artist notable for his book illustrations and book cover designs.[1]

John Leighton FRS
Born(1822-09-15)15 September 1822
St James Westminster, Middlesex
Died15 September 1912(1912-09-15) (aged 90)
OccupationBook Cover Designer

Biography

Leighton was born in 6 Devfours Place, St James Westminster, Middlesex. He remained single for the majority of his life, living in an intergenerational household and working as an artist, primarily illustrations for Book covers, working under the pseudonym Luke Limner.[2] 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.

Our tom cat & his nine lives (1849)

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.[3] In May 1863, he delivered a lecture On Japanese Art at The Royal Academy of Arts.[4] He is buried in the Leighton family tomb.

References
  1. "LEIGHTON, John". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1044.
  2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Leighton-1943 (Accessed 5 December 2020)
  3. "Leighton, John (pseud. Luke Limner) (1822–1912)" by Edmund M. B. King; in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  4. https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/book/on-japanese-art-a-discourse-delivered-at-the-royal-institution-of-great (Accessed 5 December 2020)

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