Sanctuary — Edward IV and Lancastrian Fugitives at Tewkesbury Abbey aka Edward IV Withheld by Ecclesiastics from Pursuing Lancastrian Fugitives into a Church
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Sanctuary — Edward IV and Lancastrian Fugitives at Tewkesbury Abbey aka Edward IV Withheld by Ecclesiastics from Pursuing Lancastrian Fugitives into a Church
King Edward IV and his Yorkist troops are beseeched by a priest to stop the pursuit of their Lancastrian foes who have requested sanctuary from the abbey.
Bequeathed to the City of London in 1895 by E. J. Brett, Esquire.
Notes
Brett has earlier permitted a lithograph to be produced of this painting.
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References
Knight, Vivien (1986) The Works of Art of the Corporation of London: A Catalogue of Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture, Cambridge, United Kingdom: Woodhead-Faulkner, pp. p. 38 ISBN:
0859413799.
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