03 Works, The Art of War, Edward Bird’s The Day after the Battle of Chevy Chase, with footnotes

Edward Bird (1772–1819)
Study for ‘The Day after the Battle of Chevy Chase’, c. 1810–1812

Oil on panel
H 67.5 x W 94.5 cm
Wolverhampton Art Gallery

This image shows in detail the day after a battle. Men and horses lay dead on the field. The artist, Edward Bird, has captured the pallor of death in the skin of the corpses and the horses. The woman in the centre of the painting is overcome with grief and horror…

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