George Dunlop Leslie RA (2 July 1835 – 21 February 1921) was a British genre painter, author and illustrator.

Fellow artist, James Hayllar, was also a resident of the village and they painted a portrait of Queen Victoria together for her Golden Jubilee in 1887.

He often used children as subjects and his work was praised by John Ruskin for its portrayal of the "sweet quality of English girlhood".

[4] In 1889 during his time at Riverside house in Wallingford Leslie is credited with painting four angel murals in St Leonards Church.

[1] Amongst Leslie's artistic friends and acquaintances were Sir Edwin Landseer, Frederick Walker and Henry Stacy Marks.

[5] In June 2000, The Daughters of Eve,[6] considered to be one of Leslie's finest paintings, and which had hung unnoticed for 40 years in a south Wales school (Llantarnam Comprehensive), was sold for £170,000 to a private collector.