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Captive Andromache by Lord Fredrick Leighton

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Captive Andromache by Lord Fredrick Leighton
chromolithograph Captive Andromache depicts Hector?s premonition of his wife?s fate should he be killed in battle: drawing water among the common people.
Chromolithography is a method for making multi-colour prints. This type of colour printing stemmed from the process of lithography,[1] and includes all types of lithography that are printed in colour.[citation needed] When chromolithography is used to reproduce photographs, the term photochrome is frequently used. Lithographers sought to find a way to print on flat surfaces with the use of chemicals instead of raised relief or recessed intaglio techniques.
Lord Frederic Leighton was a prominent English painter and sculptor of the Victorian era. He was born on December 3, 1830, in Scarborough, England, and passed away on January 25, 1896. He was known for his works that depicted historical, biblical, and classical subject matter in an academic style 1234. He was also the bearer of the shortest-lived peerage in history; after only one day, his hereditary peerage became extinct upon his death 1.

Leighton received his artistic training on the European continent, first from Eduard von Steinle and then from Giovanni Costa. He then moved to London, where he associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. He designed Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s tomb for Robert Browning in the English Cemetery, Florence in 1861. In 1864, he became an associate of the Royal Academy, and in 1878, he became its President (1878–96) 13. His works were exhibited at the great 1900 Paris Exhibition