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The Battle of the Boyne is a 1778 historical painting by the Anglo-American artist Benjamin West.It portrays the Battle of the Boyne which took place in Ireland in 1690. West's depiction of William of Orange on his white horse became the iconic image of liberation from Catholic Ireland; the painting was widely copied and distributed throughout the nineteenth century.
The Battle of the Boyne, by Jan Wyck, c.1693.. As the son of a fairly successful artist, it is likely Wyck was painting and drawing from a young age. Enjoying the patronage of the Duke of Ormond Wyck was known as the best landscape painter in London by 1686.
Eventually he took up with Jan van Huchtenburg, whereupon he devoted himself to painting horses. [ 1 ] According to the RKD he was first became a member of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke in 1678, and in 1690 he accompanied William III of England 's army, where he painted the Battle of the Boyne first-hand. [ 2 ]
The former Boyne Obelisk (c.1890), Oldbridge, County Louth, Ireland. Here below is placed the body of Frederick, Duke of Schomberg, killed at the Boyne, A.D. 1690. The dean and the chapter fervently sought, again and again, that the heirs of the Duke see to the erection of a monument in memory of (their) parent.
The Battle of the Boyne (Irish: Cath na Bóinne IPA: [ˈkah n̪ˠə ˈbˠoːn̠ʲə]) took place in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II, and those of King William III who, with his wife Queen Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had acceded to the Crowns of England and Scotland [b] in 1689.
West's The Death of General Wolfe, 1770. By showing the European Johnson restraining the aggressive actions of an indigenous auxiliary, the painting has been identified by some art historians as promoting European standards of honor and laws of war, in contrast to the traditional "warlike" values of indigenous warriors such as scalping and killing prisoners of war.
An August morning with Farragut; the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. An August morning with Farragut; the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864 is Overend's greatest work. [7] The painting is enormous, being 3.048m (10 feet) wide by 1.969m (6 feet 5½ inches) high. It was painted in oils on canvas.
A Lost Cause: Flight of James II after the Battle of the Boyne (1888 - Tate) Requisitioned (French cavalry stopped at by grain mill) A Search Party (French cuirassiers outside church, c. 1810) (1889 - Private Collection) The Visit of King Charles I to Kingston upon Hull, 1642 (1889)