The Royal Academy Edward Armitage

retribution, edward armitage, 1858, leeds city art gallery

in 1848 armitage exhibited first time @ royal academy when showed 2 paintings, henry viii , catherine parr, , trafalgar (also known death of nelson). continued send contributions years until death. these included retribution (1858), esther s banquet (1865) (also known festival of esther), remorse of judas (1866), herod s birthday feast (1868), deputation faraday (1871), julian apostate (1875), pygmalion s galatea (1878), meeting of st. francis , st. dominic (1882), faith (1884), siren (1888), , portrait of brother late t.r. armitage, m.d., friend of blind (1893).

the siren, edward armitage, 1888, leeds city art gallery

probably best known of these armitage s huge imperialistic painting, retribution, in allegorized suppression , punishment of indian mutiny great britain in 1857. painted after details of massacre of british soldiers, women , children had been circulated press. illustrated london news of 1859 described retribution thus: britannia, represented of colossal proportions, has seized assassin tiger throat, , plunge sword heart ... melancholy results of mutiny, have spread mourning through many homes, typified in figures of prostrate victims, debris of books, etc., scattered around.

armitage elected associate of royal academy in 1867 , full member in 1872, , in 1875 appointed professor , lecturer on painting. lectures royal academy published lectures on painting (london , new york, 1883).