Oil paint on canvas
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A Battle
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
actions: expressive
adults
animals: mammals
army
attacking
battle
clothing and personal items
dagger / knife
groups
helmet
horse
man
military
objects
people
riding
society
soldier
transport: land
weapons
work and occupations
<p>Stothard was one of the most prolific of the illustrators of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He collaborated with Blake and Flaxman and represents a gentler, sweeter manifestation of Neo-classicism. Here he tackles a warlike subject that Flaxman might have chosen, but in the rich colour and sinuous complexity of his design betrays a debt to Rubens as well as to the Greeks.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
A Battle
support: 610 × 686 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
<p>Stothard was one of the most prolific of the illustrators of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He collaborated with Blake and Flaxman and represents a gentler, sweeter manifestation of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/n/neoclassicism" title="Glossary definition for 'Neoclassicism'"><span>Neo-classicism</span></a>. Here he tackles a warlike subject that Flaxman might have chosen, but in the rich colour and sinuous complexity of his design betrays a debt to Rubens as well as to the Greeks.</p>
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actions: expressive adults animals: mammals army attacking battle clothing and personal items dagger / knife groups helmet horse man military objects people riding society soldier transport: land weapons work and occupations