Edward Armitage, professor and lecturer on painting to the Royal Academy Size:L: 75 x 60cm Kathy Kirby

Kathy Kirby

Depicts one of a series of naval battle re-enactments which took place in Hyde Park as part of the peace celebrations of 1814

The Poor Man's Friend'

grasping a branch in leaf with fore-claws and tail

The Rebellion of Mordred and the death of King Arthur

Edward Armitage, professor and lecturer on painting to the Royal Academy Size:L: 75 x 60cm Kathy KirbyEdward Armitage, professor and lecturer on painting to the Royal Academy, 1878. A historical painter, Armitage was influential in the movements for the restoration of fresco painting in England, and the decoration of the Houses of Parliament with historical designs. He became a Royal Academician in 1872, and became the Academy's professor and lecturer on painting in 1875. Armitage was a great collector of insects. From Men of Mark: a gallery of