By Ernest Crofts
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Ernest Crofts
British, (1847-1911)
On Guard
Oil on panel, signed & dated (18)79
Image size: 9.25 inches x 6.75 inches
Size including frame: 19.5 inches x 17 inches
A wonderful historical painting of a roundhead soldier standing outside a fortress by Ernest Crofts. The soldier is depicted wearing a back and breast plate over a red and yellow sleeved jacket tied with a sash around his waist. On his head, he wears a felt hat with red and white feathers and holds a sword in his hand. He is shown standing at the moated entrance of a fortified stone building with a portcullis. Beyond the raised portcullis, a group of soldiers can be seen in the shadows. The soldier’s uniform is typical of Cromwell’s famous ‘Ironside’ cavalry and indicates he is an officer, who, in Cromwell’s time would have earned his place based on merit rather than social status. The English Civil...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings