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The Death of Amy Robsart (1878) by William Frederick Yeames RA (British, 1835–1918), oil on canvas, 188.5 cm (74.2 in) x 281.5 cm (110.8 in), Tate Britain, London
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The Death of Amy Robsart (1878) by William Frederick Yeames RA (British, 1835–1918), oil on canvas, 188.5 cm (74.2 in) x 281.5 cm (110.8 in), Tate Britain, London
Companions (William Frederick Yeames, 1835 - 1918)
Fantasy portrait of Amy Robsart (1864) by William Frederick Yeames. Wolverhampton Art Gallery.
William Frederick Yeames - Defendant and Counsel (1895)
William Frederick Yeames (1835-1918) "And When Did You Last See Your Father?" (1878) Oil on canvas Located in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England The oil-on-canvas painting, depicts a scene in an imaginary Royalist household during the English Civil War. The Parliamentarians have taken over the house and question the son about his Royalist father (the man lounging on a chair in the centre of the scene is identifiable as a Roundhead officer by his military attire and his orange sash).
Yeames was inspired to paint the picture to show the crises that could arise from the natural frankness of young children. Here, if the boy tells the truth he will endanger his father, but if he lies he will go against the ideal of honesty undoubtedly instilled in him by his parents.
The boy in the picture is based on Thomas Gainsborough's painting The Blue Boy. It was modelled by Yeames's nephew, James Lambe Yeames. Behind the boy, there is a girl, probably the daughter, waiting her turn to be questioned. The girl was based on Yeames's niece, Mary Yeames. At the back of the hall at left the mother and elder daughter wait anxiously on the boy's reply.
The scene is neutral: while the innocence of the boy is emphasized by his blond hair, open expression and blue suit, the questioners are also treated sympathetically; the main interrogator has a friendly expression, and the sergeant with the little girl has his arm on her shoulder as if comforting her.
a visit to the haunted chamber (1869) by william frederick yeames
William Frederick Yeames - The Death of Amy Robsart, 1878.
~ William Frederick Yeames, "At the Opera" (1867), detail
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