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Rienzi vowing to obtain Justice (1849)

Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Rienzi vowing to obtain Justice 1849 Oil on canvas, 83 x 117 cm National Gallery, London Cola di Rienzo vowing to obtain justice for the death of his young brother, slain in a skirmish between the Colonna…

William Holman Hunt

(1827–1910) The artist’s works: Rienzi vowing to obtain Justice 1849 National Gallery, London The Light of The World 1851–1856 Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1853 Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester The Scapegoat 1854–1855 Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester The Scapegoat 1854–1856 Lady Lever Art…

London from Greenwich Park (1809)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) London from Greenwich Park exhibited 1809 Oil on canvas, 90.2 x 120 cm Tate Britain, London Like the view from Richmond Hill, that upstream towards the City from Greenwich Park is one of the most prized…

London, from Greenwich (1811)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) London, from Greenwich 1811 Etching and mezzotint, 21.1 x 29.8 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This panoramic view is based on Joseph Mallord William Turner’s painting London from Greenwich Park (1809; Tate, London). The Queen’s…

Émile Bernard (1886)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Émile Bernard 1886 Oil on canvas, 54 x 44.5 cm National Gallery, London On loan from Tate: Bequeathed by Arthur Jeffress 1961. Emile Bernard was a fellow student of Toulouse-Lautrec with a reputation for artistic audacity. He…

Self-Portrait (c.1844)

Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863) Self-Portrait c.1844 Brown ink, 11.4 x 11.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Had Thackeray had his choice, he would have made his living not as an author but as an artist. Early in his career, he…