William Blake engraved Thomas Stothard’s painting of Clarence’s Dream, from 1774. Thomas Stothard (1755–1834), Clarence’s Dream (1774), engraved by William Blake (1757–1827), 12.4 x 7.3 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. This etching and engraving of Henry Corbould’s original painting shows The Duke of Clarence Asleep in the Tower, as Brackenbury Leaves (1825-40). Henry Corbould (1787–1844), The Duke of Clarence Asleep in the Tower, as Brackenbury Leaves (1825-40), etching and engraving by Charles Rolls (1800–1857), 8.8 x 6.5 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. He is woken up by the two murderers, who kill him. Richard sends two murderers to kill Clarence in the Tower.Ĭlarence has a nightmare in which Gloucester pushes him overboard, causing him to drown. With the illness of King Edward, Richard is expected to become Prince Edward’s protector. Lady Anne reluctantly gives in to his advances. Wikimedia Commons.Įdwin Austin Abbey’s painting of Richard III of England and the Lady Anne from 1890 shows Richard while still the Duke of Gloucester disrupting Anne’s mourning of the murdered king and her husband. Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911), Richard III of England and the Lady Anne (1890), further details not known.
He next tries to woo Lady Anne Neville, admitting to her that he killed Henry VI and his son, Anne’s husband. He turns the King against Clarence, who is then imprisoned in the Tower of London. Richard, as the Duke of Gloucester, is plotting the downfall of his older brothers King Edward IV and George, Duke of Clarence. He was the last English monarch to die in battle. In spite of the brevity of his reign, it saw two major rebellions, the second resulting in the Battle of Bosworth Field, where Richard was defeated and killed.
The real King Richard III of England (1452-1485) reigned for only two years, from 1483 to his death in 1485 at the age of thirty-two, a point generally taken as marking the end of the Middle Ages in England. It has proved one of his most enduringly popular history plays, attracting many stars for its lead role, and has been popular with painters too. It’s likely to have been written in 1592-93, a period when London theatres were closed because of an epidemic of plague. Normally considered to be one of William Shakespeare’s history plays, King Richard III may have been intended as a tragedy, and is second only to Hamlet in its length.
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