Death of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
1871

David Wilkie WYNFIELD

Medium: oil on canvas
Measurements: 97.0 × 153.1 cm
Inscription: inscribed (diagonally) in black paint l.r.: D. W. Winfield / 1871
Accession Number: p.307.12-1
Department: International Painting
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1881
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location: Not on display
Subjects (general): History and Legend Human Figures Violence
Subjects (specific): assassinations corpses (bodies) courtiers daggers (weapons) deaths dukes scenes (depictions) Villiers, George, 1st Duke of Buckingham
Provenance: Remained in the collection of the artist, until 1881; brought to Melbourne for the International Exhibition,
1880–81; from where purchased for the NGV, 1881.
Royal Academy, London, 1871, no. 114; International Exhibition, London, 1871, no. 48; International Exhibition, Melbourne 1880–81, no. 250 (Second Order of Merit).
Frame: Original, by James Bourlet, London, surface not original

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