Cranmer Urging Edward Vi To Consent To The Execution Of Joan Of Kent Wall Art

Robert Smirke's "Cranmer Urging Edward Vi To Consent To The Execution Of Joan Of Kent" from 1796 stands as the timeless qualities of Neoclassicism, rendered with Illustration sensibility, with its dominant Brown tones creating subtle visual harmony. Robert Smirke (1753 - 1845) was born the son of an eccentric itinerant painter. When he moved to London in the wake of his father's work at the age of 12, he apprenticed with the carriage painter Bromely. Reproduced with archival precision, this print preserves every detail of the original.