James Mathews Leigh (1808 – 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]
- ^ History of Heatherley's Archived 9 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.