The Bard (Martin)

The Bard
ArtistJohn Martin
Year1817
TypeOil on canvas, historical landscape painting
Dimensions127 cm × 101.6 cm (50 in × 40.0 in)
Location

The Bard is an 1817 historical landscape painting by the British artist John Martin. Inspired by the 1757 poem The Bard by Thomas Gray, it depicts a scene during the Conquest of Wales by Edward I. A Welsh bard shouts defiance at the army of Edward from a rock over the River Conwy before throwing himself to his death.[1] Conwy Castle (completed later by Edward) can be seen in the distance.[2]

It featured at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1817 at Somerset House and at the British Institution the following year. In 1822, it was part of Martin's one-man show at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly.[3] The painting is in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art in Connecticut.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Rogers p.302-3
  2. ↑ Alexander p.XXX
  3. ↑ Myrone p.76
  4. ↑ Yale Center for British Art

Bibliography

  • Alexander, Michael. Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern England. Yale University Press, 2017.
  • Myrone, Martin. John Martin: Apocalypse. Tate Publishing, 2012.
  • Rogers, Pat. The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2001.
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