The Entry of Richard and Bolingbroke into London (King Richard II, Act 5, Scene 2)
After years of civil unrest and power struggles with the nobility the authoritarian young king was captured by the exiled Bolingbroke’s forces and brought back to London in humiliation. The scene is as described in Shakespeare’s (King Richard II Act 5, Scene 2).
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 81/1975
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- The Entry of Richard and Bolingbroke into London (King Richard II, Act 5, Scene 2)
- Simple Name
- painting
- Inscription Transcription
- James Northcote pinxt 1793 James Northcote pinxt 1793
- Period Classification
- George III (1760-1811)
- Production Town
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1793
- Production Person Initials
- James
- Production Person Surname
- Northcote
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
