Frederick Leyland

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Frederick Leyland was a prominent 19th-century British shipowner and art patron, best known for commissioning James McNeill Whistler’s famous “Peacock Room.”

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Frederick Richards Leyland 3
Frederick Leyland canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art patron ⓘ
human ⓘ
shipowner ⓘ
activeInPeriod 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith Liverpool mercantile community ⓘ
London art scene ⓘ
Victorian art world ⓘ
commissioned Peacock Room ⓘ
commissionedFrom James McNeill Whistler ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
employer Leyland Line ⓘ
fieldOfActivity art patronage ⓘ
collecting fine art ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
genreOfArtCollected Victorian painting ⓘ
decorative arts ⓘ
symbolist painting ⓘ
hasCollection collection of Aesthetic Movement artworks ⓘ
collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings ⓘ
industry shipping ⓘ
influenced interior design of the Peacock Room ⓘ
influencedBy Aestheticism in art and design ⓘ
knownFor dispute with James McNeill Whistler over the Peacock Room ⓘ
lavish interior decoration projects ⓘ
locationOfPeacockRoom 49 Prince’s Gate, London ⓘ
movementSupported Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ⓘ
notableFor collecting Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ
commissioning the Peacock Room ⓘ
ownership of the Leyland Line shipping company ⓘ
patronage of James McNeill Whistler ⓘ
notableWork Peacock Room (as commissioner) ⓘ
linked to: Peacock Room
occupation art collector ⓘ
art patron ⓘ
shipowner ⓘ
owned Leyland Line ⓘ
house at 49 Prince’s Gate, London ⓘ
patronOf Albert Moore ⓘ
Dante Gabriel Rossetti ⓘ
Edward Burne-Jones ⓘ
James McNeill Whistler ⓘ
residence Liverpool ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
socialStatus wealthy Victorian businessman ⓘ
timePeriod Victorian era ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brompton Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Frederick Leyland ⓘ
Peacock Room → commissionedBy → Frederick Richards Leyland ⓘ
linked to: Frederick Leyland
Peacock Room → patron → Frederick Richards Leyland ⓘ
linked to: Frederick Leyland
Brompton Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Frederick Leyland ⓘ
subject linked to: Brompton Cemetery, London
Frederick Richards Leyland–James McNeill Whistler dispute → mainParticipants → Frederick Richards Leyland ⓘ
linked to: Frederick Leyland