Frederick Leyland

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art patron human shipowner

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

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Frederick Richards Leyland	2

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedFrom	James McNeill Whistler NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
employer	Leyland Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
movementSupported	Aesthetic Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood NERFINISHED ⓘ
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) NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	art collector ⓘ art patron ⓘ shipowner ⓘ
owned	Leyland Line NERFINISHED ⓘ house at 49 Prince’s Gate, London ⓘ
patronOf	Albert Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Dante Gabriel Rossetti NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Burne-Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ James McNeill Whistler NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Liverpool NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
socialStatus	wealthy Victorian businessman ⓘ
timePeriod	Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Brompton Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Frederick Leyland ⓘ

Peacock Room → commissionedBy → Frederick Leyland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederick Richards Leyland

Peacock Room → patron → Frederick Leyland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederick Richards Leyland