The Bard (Martin)
Painting by John Martin
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The Bard is an 1817 historical landscape painting by the British artist John Martin. Inspired by the 1757 poem The Bard by Thomas Gray, it depicts a scene during the Conquest of Wales by Edward I. A Welsh bard shouts defiance at the army of Edward from a rock over the River Conwy before throwing himself to his death.[1] Conwy Castle (completed later by Edward) can be seen in the distance.[2]
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| Artist | John Martin |
| Year | 1817 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, historical landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 127 cm × 101.6 cm (50 in × 40.0 in) |
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It featured at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1817 at Somerset House and at the British Institution the following year. In 1822, it was part of Martin's one-man show at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly.[3] The painting is in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art in Connecticut.[4]
