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This is the preliminary painting for a mural in the East Corridor of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" class="extiw" title="w:Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> presented by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lygon,_7th_Earl_Beauchamp" class="extiw" title="w:William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp">Earl Beauchamp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>  The painting is of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>'s version of the splitting of nobles into the factions of York and Lancaster, sparking the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses" class="extiw" title="w:Wars of the Roses">Wars of the Roses</a> in 15th-century England.  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Plantagenet,_3rd_Duke_of_York" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York">Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York</a> and his followers select the white rose, while the Duke of Somerset and his sole companion took the red.  Copies of this painting were made available to English society; Sir John Holding had a copy,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> and it was reproduced in various publications.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup></div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Payne_(artist)" class="extiw" title="w:Henry Payne (artist)">Henry Arthur Payne</a> (1868–1940)</div>
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