Artwork
Beatrix Knighting Esmond
Beatrix Knighting Esmond is an oil painting by the British Romanticist artist Augustus Egg. It dates from 1857 and is held in the collection of the Tate Britain.
About this work
Overview
Beatrix Knighting Esmond is a 1857 oil painting by Augustus Leopold Egg, a British artist associated with The Clique.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a scene from Henry Thackeray's novel The History of Henry Esmond, in which a woman, Beatrix, is about to knight a kneeling man, Esmond. The scene is set in a richly decorated room with several onlookers.
Technique & Style
Executed in oil paint, the work exemplifies the British Romanticism movement, characterized by its attention to detail and emotive representation of a historical or literary scene.
History & Provenance
The painting is now held in the collection of Tate Britain.
Artist & collection
Artist
Augustus Leopold Egg RA (2 May 1816 – 26 March 1863) was a British Victorian artist, and member of The Clique best known for his modern triptych Past and Present (1858), which depicts the breakup of a middle-class Victorian family.
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