Edward Armitage, professor and lecturer on painting to the Royal Academy Size:L: 75 x 60cm 'Taking the (Irish) Bull by

'Taking the (Irish) Bull by the Horns'

Kathy Kirby

The Rebellion of Mordred and the death of King Arthur

grasping a branch in leaf with fore-claws and tail

General Ferdinand Foch and Sir Douglas Haig on the balustraded terrace of General Haig's headquarters at Beauquesne 12th August 1916

Edward Armitage, professor and lecturer on painting to the Royal Academy Size:L: 75 x 60cm 'Taking the (Irish) Bull byEdward Armitage, professor and lecturer on painting to the Royal Academy, 1878. A historical painter, Armitage was influential in the movements for the restoration of fresco painting in England, and the decoration of the Houses of Parliament with historical designs. He became a Royal Academician in 1872, and became the Academy's professor and lecturer on painting in 1875. Armitage was a great collector of insects. From Men of Mark: a gallery of