Crammed into this crowded street scene in one of London’s leafy suburbs is a detailed account of the breadth and depth of contemporary Victorian society.
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They find themselves in the midst of hanged outlaws, then are surrounded by living bandits. Eventually they reach Barcelona and see the sea.
Another huge human panorama which captured the spirit of the age, set in Paddington Railway Station. Not his last, though.
After meeting two shepherdesses creating a new Arcadia, the pair are trampled by a herd of bulls. When they stay at an inn that night, they meet a couple of fans who change their plans.
This quintessentially Victorian artist painted a richly narrative scene full of stories and visual anecdotes, so typical of the era.
For Don Quixote’s duel, his proxy opponent was dressed in smart armour, but fell in love with the duenna’s daughter and cancelled the fight before it started.
He shows the three executions at different times, but avoids the archaic repetition of figures by doing this with discrete passages within the whole.
Sancho bumps into an old neighbour, who asks him to help him recover buried treasure. He and his donkey then fall into a pit and have to be recovered.
One of a group aiming to create a national Swedish art in the mid-19th century, he painted Norse myths in the period 1846-50.
A unique visual encyclopaedia featuring more than a hundred proverbs, followed by a similar compendium of children’s games.
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