The Meeting of Edward V (1470-1483) and his Brother Richard, Duke of York (1473-1483) contemplated by King Richard III
James Northcote, RA (Plymouth 1746 – London 1831)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1780 x 1370 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486168
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Meeting of Edward V (1470-1483) and his Brother Richard, Duke of York (1473-1483), contemplated by King Richrad III by James Northcote, RA (Plymouth 1746 – London 1831), 1799. Richard III, full-length standing at right, wearing armour and leaning on a desk whilst the two princes are in the centre, foreground, dressed in white, embracing. Behind them is a man with a drawn sword. At left, blessing the children, is an old prelate, in scarlet.
Provenance
In the 3rd Earl of Egremont's (1751-1837) collection in 1835; thence by descent until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by HM Treasury.
Credit line
Petworth House, The Egremont Collection (acquired in lieu of tax by HM Treasury in 1956 and subsequently transferred to the National Trust)
Makers and roles
James Northcote, RA (Plymouth 1746 – London 1831), artist