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James Mathews Leigh
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James Mathews Leigh (1808 ā 20 April 1860) was an English art educator, painter, writer, dramatist and critic. He is best known as the founder of a popular private art school in London known as "Leigh's Academy", which eventually became the present day Heatherley School of Fine Art.[1][2]
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