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Robert Alexander Hillingford
(1825-1904) was an English painter. He specialized in historical pictures, often battle scenes.
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He was born in London on January 28, 1828, and studied in Desseldorf in 1841 for five years and before traveling to Munich, Rome, Florence and Naples, where he married and worked for several years, producing paintings of Italian life. One painting from this period entitled The Last Evening of the Carnival was exhibited at St. Petersburg in 1859. He returned to London in 1864, and first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1866; it was at this time that he began to work on historical subjects, especially of the Napoleonic Wars. He was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, British Institution and at other galleries. While he was attracted to costume pieces such as An incident in the early life of Louis XIV and During the wanderings of Charles Edward Stuart', he also included some contemporary military scenes including his 1901 RA painting South Africa, 1901 - The Dawn of Peace.
Wellington at Waterloo
Lord Hill invites the last remnants of the French Imperial Guard to surrenderThe original paintings often come up at auction, and, with a large amount of the collection dispersed in 1998, the original paintings are widely scattered.
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Painting ID:: 80187
Duke of Marlborough signing the Despatch at Blenheim
Duke of Marlborough signing the Despatch at Blenheim, (oil on canvas).
Date Late 19th century
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Painting ID:: 84445
Duke of Marlborough
Date Late 19th century
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Painting ID:: 91259
Napoleon with His Troops at the Battle of Borodino, 1812
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Dimensions 20 x 30 inches (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
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Painting ID:: 91582
George II at the Battle of Dettingen
1902(1902)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 35 1/2 x 47 1/8 inches (90.2 x 120 cm)
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Robert Alexander Hillingford
(1825-1904) was an English painter. He specialized in historical pictures, often battle scenes.
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He was born in London on January 28, 1828, and studied in Desseldorf in 1841 for five years and before traveling to Munich, Rome, Florence and Naples, where he married and worked for several years, producing paintings of Italian life. One painting from this period entitled The Last Evening of the Carnival was exhibited at St. Petersburg in 1859. He returned to London in 1864, and first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1866; it was at this time that he began to work on historical subjects, especially of the Napoleonic Wars. He was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, British Institution and at other galleries. While he was attracted to costume pieces such as An incident in the early life of Louis XIV and During the wanderings of Charles Edward Stuart', he also included some contemporary military scenes including his 1901 RA painting South Africa, 1901 - The Dawn of Peace.
Wellington at Waterloo
Lord Hill invites the last remnants of the French Imperial Guard to surrenderThe original paintings often come up at auction, and, with a large amount of the collection dispersed in 1998, the original paintings are widely scattered.
. Related Artists to Robert Alexander Hillingford: | Henry Dawson | Johan Fredrik Krouthen | LANFRANCO, Giovanni | Prosper Marilhat | John Steuart Curry |
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