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Colonel Blood Stealing the Crown Jewels
Painting by Henry Perronet Briggs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Colonel Blood Stealing the Crown Jewels is an oil on canvas history painting by the English artist Henry Perronet Briggs, from 1824.
History and description
It depicts the attempt of the Anglo-Irish Colonel Thomas Blood to steal the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London in 1671 during the Restoration era.[1] Blood was subsequently pardoned for the crime by Charles II.[2] Briggs was known for painting a mixture of portrait paintings and history scenes during the Regency era.[3]
Provenance
The painting was exhibited at the British Institution in London 1824. In 1832 when Briggs was elected as a member of the Royal Academy of Arts at Somerset House he gave this as his diploma work.[4] It featured in the Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857 in Manchester.[5]
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