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Hubert and Prince Arthur

Image credit: Bolton Library & Museum Services, Bolton Council

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This painting is badly fire and water damaged. It shows Act IV, Scene 1 from Shakespeare's 'King John'. It illustrates the boy Prince Arthur, Duke of Bretagne, pleading with Hubert de Burgh who has been sent by King John to burn out the boy's eyes. The artist was originally commissioned, with other contemporary artists from 1786, to create images of Shakespearean scenes by William Boydemm, a wealthy publisher. This is a later version.

Bolton Museum and Art Gallery

Bolton

Title

Hubert and Prince Arthur

Date

1789–1810

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 165 x W 130 cm

Accession number

BOLMG:1892.P.3

Acquisition method

gift, 1892

Work type

Painting

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