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The Last of England

This is a painting about emigration, the couple are departing for Australia. The subject itself - departure in desperate circumstances for a foreign land - has parallels with the biblical story of the Flight into Egypt. The artist himself posed for the painting, along with his partner Emma, and their children Cathy, the fair-haired girl in the background, and Oliver, the baby.

  • Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
  • Ford Madox Brown
  • Ford Madox Brown
  • emigration
  • <paintings by form>
  • Oil painting
  • oil painting (technique)
  • Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
  • Ford Madox Brown
  • Ford Madox Brown
  • emigration
  • <paintings by form>
  • Oil painting
  • oil painting (technique)
  • Europeana 280
  • http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
  • false
  • 1852/1855
  • Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
  • Purchased, 1891
  • UK_280_006
  • 82.5 x 75 cm
  • English
  • http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q958245
  • United Kingdom
  • 2063624_EU_280_UK
  • 2019-09-10T19:17:51.303Z
  • 2019-09-10T19:17:51.303Z