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James Northcote, RA was the son of a Plymouth watchmaker fortunate enough to be admitted to Reynolds’s friendship and studio in his mid-twenties. After five years he went to Rome to prepare for a career as a “history” painter, which was definately a mistake. He was a prolific, if pedestrian portraitist but a tolerably good animal painter. Northcote is probably best remembered for his literary works, including his informative 'Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds'. This painting depicts an incident towards the end of the Wars of the Roses after the Battle of Tewkesbury 4th May 1471, which the Prince of Wales and his mother lost. The scene is full of rather stagy emotion and deals with a type of art which is not popular today. The painting was probably not worked out in detail beforehand.
Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery
Maidstone
Title
The Murder of Edward, Prince of Wales, at Tewkesbury
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 231 x W 195 cm
Accession number
PCF78
Work type
Painting
Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery
St Faith's Street, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1LH England
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