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I suggest the bio be changed. The phrase describing him as a “painter of medieval scenes of chivalry” directly implies that’s all he painted. This is not true. --4.242.233.147 17:51, 1 March 2007

Knighted and the Accolade

Is not The Accolade and Knighted the same picture ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.204.93.106 (talk) 16:44, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A search more or less confirms that. Anyway, since the list is bound to be incomplete, I removed Knighted. Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 09:10, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Edmund Leighton → Edmund Blair LeightonEdmund Blair Leighton – This is the most commonly used name for this artist; see Ngrams, the Union List of Artist Names, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Art UK, the British Museum, the Musée d'Orsay, the Royal Academy, etc. Ham II (talk) 08:36, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per nom. While we are at it, should not Frederic Leighton go to Lord Leighton, surely still the WP:COMMONNAME in general sources? Johnbod (talk) 12:58, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  I'm sure the historically predominant form was Frederic, Lord Leighton, just as with Tennyson, but owing to the comma that's not the sort of thing that can be proved with ngrams. Looking at the ngrams for only "Lord Leighton" (which naturally includes instances of "Frederic, Lord Leighton") and "Frederic Leighton", the former was predominant until 1999 and since then they've been practically neck and neck. I'm not convinced that the current article title Frederic Leighton follows WP:NCPEER, whereas Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton would. Britannica, the ODNB, the BM and the NPG all have "Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton" without the ordinal, which might work (if our naming conventions allow it) as he was the one and only holder of his title. Ham II (talk) 17:19, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Shall we go for it? But back in the olden times when people had actually heard of them, both "Lord Leighton" and "Lord Tennyson" are what eg the Daily Mail would have used. I think the nob-squad allow "Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton" for first and only peers. Johnbod (talk) 22:32, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]