A Battle Scene
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
813 x 1283 mm (32 x 50 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996343
Caption
This is a type of painting usually associated with 17th – century artists, such as Jan Wyck, but from the handling of the paint, this picture appears to have been painted a century later.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Battle Scene, English School, ?18th century. A group of foot soldiers are in the centre, guarding their standards and shooting at approaching cavalry. Two trees frame the composition to the right. Must represent a particular event, but very difficult to know which.
Provenance
Given by Matilda Theresa Talbot (formerly Gilchrist-Clark) (1871 – 1958), who gave the Abbey, the village of Lacock and the rest of the estate to the National Trust in 1944, along with 96 of the family portraits and other pictures, in 1948
Credit line
Lacock Abbey, The Talbot Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist Flemish School, artist Dutch School, artist