Edward Armitage, professor and lecturer on painting to the Royal Academy Size:L: 75 x 60cm Depicts one of a series

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

dead or alive

General Ferdinand Foch and Sir Douglas Haig on the balustraded terrace of General Haig's headquarters at Beauquesne 12th August 1916

Edward Armitage, professor and lecturer on painting to the Royal Academy Size:L: 75 x 60cm Depicts one of a seriesEdward 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