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Study for the Painting 'The Spanish Posada ...'

National Galleries of Scotland | CC BY 4.0

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Date

February 25, 1828

Artist

David Wilkie (1785-1841)

Collection

National Galleries of Scotland

Image Link

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/6603/study-painting-spanish-posada

Descriptive Medium

Pencil and watercolour on paper

Image Licence

CC BY 4.0

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National Galleries of Scotland

Location

Spain

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TWW Comment

It depicts a council of war in a remote inn (‘Posada’). The central episode presents three priests (a Dominican, a monk from the Escorial and a Jesuit) plotting with two guerillas (one leaning over the monk’s shoulder and the other standing to the right).

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