Images Dated 19th February 2021

Chatterton (The Death of Chatterton), 1856. Creator: Henry Wallis

Chatterton (The Death of Chatterton), 1856. Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) was an unsuccessful poet whose suicide became a symbol of blighted artistic genius. Wallis used his friend George Meredith (1828-1909), also a struggling writer, as the model

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The Last of England, 1852-1855. Creator: Ford Madox Brown

The Last of England, 1852-1855. This is a painting about emigration, the couple are departing for Australia. The subject itself - departure in desperate circumstances for a foreign land - has parallels with the biblical story of the Flight into Egypt. The artist himself posed for the painting, along with his partner Emma, and their children Cathy, the fair-haired girl in the background, and Oliver, the baby

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Cross Hilt Sword, hilt, British, London; blade, German, Solingen, 1600-1625

Cross Hilt Sword, hilt, British, London; blade, German, Solingen, 1600-1625. The most fashionable, worn by noblemen in England at the time of King James I

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