The Murder of Rutland by Lord Clifford
| The Murder of Rutland by Lord Clifford | |
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| Artist | Charles Robert Leslie |
| Year | 1815 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 245.7 cm × 202 cm (96.7 in × 80 in) |
| Location | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia |
The Murder of Rutland by Lord Clifford is an 1815 history painting by the British-American artist Charles Robert Leslie. [1] It depicts a scene from the Wars of the Roses, inspired by William Shakespeare's play Henry VI, Part 3 in which the young Earl of Rutland is killed by the Lord Clifford in the aftermath of the Battle of Wakefield.[2]
Leslie got his friend Edwin Landseer, then a student at the Royal Academy Schools, to model the role of Rutland with Landseer later fondly remembering the experience [3] Today the painting is in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. [4]
References
- ^ Danly p.39
- ^ Evans p.167
- ^ Ormond p.4-5
- ^ https://www.pafa.org/museum/collection/item/murder-rutland-lord-clifford
Bibliography
- Danly, Susan. Telling Tales: Nineteenth-century Narrative Painting from the Collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. American Federation of Arts, 1991.
- Evans, Dorinda. Benjamin West and His American Students. National Portrait Gallery, 1980.
- Ormond, Richard. Sir Edwin Landseer. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981