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Edward III Crossing the Somme

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The battle was a decisive victory for England over France and reflected the series theme of glorifying Edward's reign as one of triumphs. It was commissioned for a sum of six hundred
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The King's Artists : The Royal Academy of Arts and the Politics of British Culture 1760-1840: The Royal Academy of Arts and the Politics of British Culture 1760-1840
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General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian
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West had made his name as a painter of epic and historical scenes with his 1770 work
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Reception of the American Loyalists by Great Britain in the Year 1783
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The scene shows a mounted Edward III leading his army across the
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Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus
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Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill)
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Paintings in the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom
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This article about an eighteenth-century painting is a
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Benjamin West
Oil on canvas
Royal Collection
Windsor Castle
history painting
Benjamin West
medieval
King of England
Edward III
George III
Windsor Castle
The Death of General Wolfe
The Battle of La Hogue
Royal Academy
Summer Exhibition
River Somme
Northern France
Battle of Crécy
Hundred Years War
knights
Edward the Black Prince
Royal standard
archers
guineas
Joshua Reynolds
President of the Royal Academy
Royal Collection

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