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The son of the Royal Academician Charles Robert Leslie, he grew up surrounded by art and artists, studied at the Royal Academy Schools, and developed a style of sun-drenched, beautifully observed domestic painting that owed something to the Pre-Raphaelites but had a lightness and humour entirely his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHis subjects were the comfortable middle-class English life he knew and loved — young \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theartofstitch.com\/collections\/all-cross-stitch?filter.p.m.custom.theme=Women\"\u003ewomen\u003c\/a\u003e reading in gardens, children playing by rivers, family scenes in flower-filled interiors, and the particular quality of an English summer afternoon that makes everything look slightly better than it probably was. He had a particular gift for painting \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theartofstitch.com\/collections\/all-cross-stitch?filter.p.m.custom.theme=Children\"\u003echildren\u003c\/a\u003e, capturing them with an accuracy and affection that suggests he actually enjoyed their company, which not all Victorian painters of children can be said to have managed. His book \u003cem\u003eOur River\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1881, is a charming account of life on the Thames near his home at Wallingford, illustrated with his own sketches and written with the easy, unhurried warmth of a man who had found exactly the life he wanted and was happy to share it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHe was also, by all accounts, excellent company — a member of a lively artistic social circle that included Marcus Stone, Frederick Walker, and John Everett Millais, and a man whose studio on the Thames was a place people enjoyed visiting. In counted cross stitch, Leslie's sun-drenched palette, beautifully observed domestic scenes, and warm, characterful compositions translate into designs of real charm and English summer beauty. Browse our G.D. Leslie cross stitch kit collection and choose a premium Leslie cross stitch kit or download a G.D. Leslie cross stitch pattern instantly.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"her-first-place-cross-stitch-kit","title":"Her First Place Cross Stitch Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003eStep into a scene of gentle domestic life with the \u003cem data-start=\"106\" data-end=\"138\"\u003eHer First Place cross stitch kit by G.D. 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