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Death of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
1871
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
97.0 × 153.1 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1881
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in black paint l.r.: D. W. Winfield / 1871
Accession Number
p.307.12-1
Department
International Painting
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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