Shakespeare in Performance: Illustration
| Image name | "Plucking the Red and White Roses in the Old Temple Gardens" (Henry VI, Part 1, c.1908) |
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| Artifact type | illustration |
| Media type | image |
| Description | The painting is William Shakespeare's version of the splitting of nobles into the factions of York and Lancaster, sparking the Wars of the Roses in 15th-century England. Richard Plantagenet, third Duke of York and his followers select the white rose, while the Duke of Somerset and his sole companion took the red. A mural has been installed in the East Corridor of the Palace of Westminster. |
| Rights | Artifact © Painting by Henry Arthur Payne (1868-1940). |
| Artifact id | 29976 |