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The Martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer,
1854
Sir George Hayter, 1792–1871; born and died London, England
x1984-373
Information
Title
The Martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer
Dates
1854
Maker
Medium
Graphite and brown wash
Dimensions
25.5 x 34.6 cm (10 1/16 x 13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George L. Small, Class of 1943
Object Number
x1984-373
Place Made
Europe, England, London
Signatures
Signed, inscribed and dated, lower left: Sir George Hayter. invenit & delint. 1854 London
Inscription
in graphite, lower center: Oxford 1555. The Last Embrace of the Bishops, Ridley and Latimer.
Culture
Materials
Gift of George L. Small
Album containing 99 original drawings and 87 architecture, portrait, and costume studies of a documentary nature for the paintings Latimer Preaching at Paul's Cross and The Martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer.
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1984," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 44, no. 1 (1985): p. 24-52., pp. 39–40 (illus.)
- Ann V. Gunn, "Sir George Hayter, Victorian history painting, and a religious controversy," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 53, no. 1 (1994): p. 2-32., p. 2, fig. 2
- "Sir George Hayter, "Latimer Preaching at Paul's Cross" and "The Martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer": paintings and related studies in the collection of the Art Museum," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 53, no. 1 (1994): p. 36-45., p. 36
