DETAILS
- Artist
- Edward Armitage
- Date
- 1846
- Location
- Leeds Art Gallery
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THE ARTIST
Edward Armitage
Edward Armitage was a Victorian-era English painter known for his monumental historical, classical, and biblical subjects, including works for the Palace of Westminster.
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