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The work is a 217 cm (85 in) × 211 cm (83 in) oil-on-canvas painting and weighs 44 kg (97 lb). The painting shows a seated female who represents peace being crowned with a laurel wreath by a woman who is clad in armour who represents war. Under her feet lies a man in armor with a sword, his hands wrapped in chains.
William Etty, 1823, shortly before The Combat was painted. William Etty was born in 1787, the son of a York baker and miller. [1] He began as an apprentice printer in Hull. [2] On completing his seven-year apprenticeship he moved at the age of 18 to London "with a few pieces of chalk crayons", [3] with the intention of becoming a history painter in the tradition of the Old Masters. [4]
Evelyn Mary Dunbar (18 December 1906 – 12 May 1960) was a British artist, illustrator and teacher. [1] She is notable for recording women's contributions to World War II on the United Kingdom home front, particularly the work of the Women's Land Army.
The Gallic Women: Episode from the Roman Invasion; Gassed (painting) General George Washington at Trenton; General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian; General Officers of World War I; Gettysburg Cyclorama; God Speed (painting) Going to Work; The Great Day of Girona; Battle of Grunwald (Matejko ...
Streeton's most famous war painting, Amiens the key of the west shows the Amiens countryside with dirty plumes of battlefield smoke staining the horizon, which becomes a subtle image of war. As a war artist, Streeton continued to deal in landscapes and his works have been criticised for failing to concentrate on the fighting soldiers.
100 Great Paintings is a British television series broadcast in 1980 on BBC Two, devised by Edwin Mullins. [1] He chose 20 thematic groups, such as war, the Adoration , the language of colour, the hunt, and bathing, picking five paintings from each. [ 2 ]
A Woman Seated at a Window and a Child in a Doorway 1680 54.1 × 67.2 cm private collection: unknown Interior of a Dutch house with a woman kneeling by a fire conversing with a woman standing 1680 57.5 × 69.8 cm 03.607 Museum of Fine Arts: Boston Woman playing the virginal with a man and two dancing dogs 1680–1684 50 × 42.5 cm private ...
Air (painting) Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power; The Allegory of Faith; Allegory of Fortune; Allegory of Painting and Sculpture; Allegory of the Dutch Defeat of the Spanish Fleet in Gibraltar; Allegory of the Earth; Allegory of the Vanities of the World; Allegory of Vanity and Repentance; Allegory of Wealth; Apollo and Diana ...