Portrait of Captain Burton, from "The Portfolio" January 1879 Léopold Flameng This print reproduces Leighton's arresting portrait (National Portrait Gallery, London) of the renowned diplomat, explorer, linguist and writer Sir Richard Burton. According to the sitters wife, "Leighton began to paint Richard on the 26th of April [1872, and it was very amusing. Richard was so anxious that he should paint his necktie and his pin, and kept saying to him every now and then, 'Dont make me ugly, theres a good fellow'...both Richard and I always retained the pleasantest memory of the many happy hours we passed in his studio." At that time, Burton was awaiting a new diplomatic post, and would leave London for Iceland in early June. The deep scar on the left cheek had been received in a javelin attack at Berbera Somalia in 1855, as Burton set out with British explorers on the first of two expeditions to seek the source of the White Nile.. Portrait of Captain Burton, from "The Portfolio". After

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Portrait of Captain Burton, from "The Portfolio" January 1879 Léopold Flameng This print reproduces Leighton's arresting portrait (National Portrait Gallery, London) of the renowned diplomat, explorer, linguist and writer Sir Richard Burton. According to the sitters wife, "Leighton began to paint Richard on the 26th of April [1872, and it was very amusing. Richard was so anxious that he should paint his necktie and his pin, and kept saying to him every now and then, 'Dont make me ugly, theres a good fellow'...both Richard and I always retained the pleasantest memory of the many happy hours we passed in his studio." At that time, Burton was awaiting a new diplomatic post, and would leave London for Iceland in early June. The deep scar on the left cheek had been received in a javelin attack at Berbera Somalia in 1855, as Burton set out with British explorers on the first of two expeditions to seek the source of the White Nile.. Portrait of Captain Burton, from "The Portfolio". After

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