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Edward Armitage, (20 May 1817 – 24 May 1896) was an English painter whose work focused on historical, classical and biblical subject-matter. In 1836 Armitage enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, where he studied under the history painter, Paul Delaroche, who at that time was at the height of his fame. Armitage was one of four students selected to assist Delaroche with the fresco Hemicycle in the amphitheatre of the Palais des Beaux-Arts, when he reputedly modeled for the head of Masaccio. Whilst still in Paris, he exhibited “Prometheus Unbound” in 1842, which a contemporary critic described as 'well drawn but brutally energetic'. In 1847 Armitage won a £500 first prize for his oil painting “The Battle of Meanee,” which was subsequently purchased by Queen Victoria. This was said to have been carefully researched, Sir Charles Napier (who played a prominent role at Meanee) having lent Armitage his own sketches of the locality. In 1848 Armitage exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy when he showed Henry VIII and Catherine Parr and Trafalgar. He continued to send regular contributions most years until his death. In 1855 he visited the Crimea and Asia Minor, where he collected subjects for two of his pictures: “The Stand of the Guards at Inkerman” and “The Heavy Cavalry Charge at Balaclava,” which were shown at the French gallery of the art dealer, Ernest Gambart, in the spring of 1856.
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