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Death of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

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

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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

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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