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William Frederick Yeames RA (/ j iː m z /; 18 December 1835 – 3 May 1918) was a British painter best known for his oil-on-canvas "And When Did You Last See Your Father?", which depicts the son of a Royalist being questioned by Parliamentarians during the English Civil War.
This painting of a fictional event from the English Civil War (1642 - 1646) is perhaps the most popular work in the Walker Art Gallery. It shows a Royalist house under occupation by Parliamentarians. The young boy is being interrogated as to the whereabouts of the master of the house.
Type: Oil on canvas. Rights: Purchased in 1878. Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more. This scene is set in a Royalist manor house during the English...
- William Frederick Yeames
Yeames has painted an imaginary scene where a Roundhead officer and his Parliamentary associates are questioning the young son of a Royalist supporter about his father's current whereabouts. The boy's mother and another woman, perhaps his aunt, are shown to the far left anxiously awaiting his answers.
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Liverpool, イギリス. This scene is set in a Royalist manor house during the English Civil War. A young boy is being questioned as to the whereabouts of his father. His...
- William Frederick Yeames
Aug 17, 2023 · © 2024 Google LLC. In our Explainer series, we take a look at an object from our collection and discover the history and context behind its creation. In this episode we look at...
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Most of his work has been forgotten, but one of his pictures has achieved enduring fame as an archetypal image of Victorian sentimentality, the Cromwellian tear-jerker ‘And When Did You Last See Your Father?’ (1878, Walker AG, Liverpool).
