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- Museum number
- 2010,7081.5922
- Title
- Object: Charles the First on the Eve of the Battle of Edge Hill
- Description
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Charles I standing beside the great oak tree outside a farmhouse where he receives hospitality from the farmer and his daughters, while he looks at a map laid on the table, with Montague Bertie standing on his right, and Prince Rupert seated to the left, with other attendants behind him to the right, one holding the standard eyeing the daughter who brings a tray with plates, while the young princes Charles and James play with a spaniel on the left: open-letter state. 1852
Mixed method
- Production date
- 1852
- Dimensions
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Height: 665 millimetres
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Width: 950 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For other states, see 1918,0112.42 and 2010,7081.5923
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
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Associated Event: English Civil War 1642-1651
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Associated Event: Battle of Edge Hill 23 October 1642
- Acquisition date
- 2010
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2010,7081.5922
