How tastes change. Once hailed (by Samuel Courtauld) as ‘the most wonderful painting in existence’, Flaming June, by Frederick, Lord Leighton (1830–96), was so outmoded by the time it was rediscovered ...

Frederic, Lord Leighton's artworks have a tendency to disappear. Flaming June is perhaps the most famous of those that pulled the vanishing act, but Bay of Cádiz, Moonlight also went missing for a ...

Leighton House museum and garden, situated on the edge of Holland Park, is Grade II listed. This historic house, once the residence and studio of Victorian artist Frederic Lord Leighton, is renowned ...

The royal acquired the painting, now in an exhibition at The King’s Gallery, when he was a young prince.