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Death of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Death of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
 1871

Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1881
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
97.0 × 153.1 cm
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in black paint l.r.: D. W. Winfield / 1871
Accession Number
p.307.12-1
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1881
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
History and Legend Human Figures Violence
Subjects (specific)
assassinations corpses (bodies) courtiers daggers (weapons) deaths dukes scenes (depictions) Villiers, George, 1st Duke of Buckingham
Provenance
Remained in the collection of the artist, until 1881; brought to Melbourne for the International Exhibition,
1880–81; from where purchased for the NGV, 1881.

Royal Academy, London, 1871, no. 114; International Exhibition, London, 1871, no. 48; International Exhibition, Melbourne 1880–81, no. 250 (Second Order of Merit).


Frame
Original, by James Bourlet, London, surface not original

Colourmen

Colourman
EATWELL
Location of stamp
Reverse of canvas
Transcript
W EATWELL/ARTIST COLOURMAN/...DORS..T ST/BAKER ST...
Medium
Ink stencil
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