Tag: 1856

Lady Affixing Pennant to a Knight’s Spear (c.1856)

Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862) Lady Affixing Pennant to a Knight’s Spear c.1856 Watercolour on paper, 13.7 x 13.7 cm Tate Britain, London Elizabeth Siddall began painting in 1852 and made over a hundred works in the following ten years. Her style and subject…

Sir Patrick Spens (1856)

Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862) Sir Patrick Spens 1856 Watercolour on paper, 24.1 x 22.9 cm Tate Britain, London This picture is based on an ancient Scottish ballad. The King of Scotland asks Sir Patrick Spens, the best sailor in the land, to…

Cocotiers au Bord de la Mer, St. Thomas (1856)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Cocotiers au Bord de la Mer, St. Thomas (Coconut Palms by the Sea, St. Thomas) 1856 Oil on canvas, 26.67 × 34.93 cm Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond This is one of several pictures Pissarro painted of…

Le bras noir (1856)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Le bras noir (The Black Arm) 1856 Pencil on paper, 47.3 x 51.8 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa