The Last of England

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The Last of England is a celebrated 1855 painting by Ford Madox Brown that poignantly depicts a Victorian couple emigrating from England, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement’s detailed realism and emotional intensity.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
appliesToPart panel
artStyle detailed realism
emotional intensity
collection Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery collection
colorPalette contrasting flesh tones
muted tones
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Ford Madox Brown
depicts Emma Hill
Ford Madox Brown
Victorian couple
cabbage leaves
child hidden under woman’s cloak
cold weather
emigration from England
sea voyage
small boat
white cliffs of Dover
depictsTimePeriod Victorian era
describedAs celebrated painting of emigration
genre history painting
hasInfluenced later depictions of migration in art
hasPart background ship and passengers
rope framing the couple
roundel format of figures
hasVersion smaller version in private collection
inception 1855
inspiredBy economic hardship in Victorian England
mid-19th-century British emigration
languageOfTitle English
location Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
madeOnMaterial panel
mainSubject emigration
hope for a new life
loss
nostalgia
separation
materialUsed oil paint
movement Pre-Raphaelite
Victorian painting
notableWorkOf Ford Madox Brown
partOf Ford Madox Brown’s emigration works
Victorian art
significantEvent exhibited in 1855
title The Last of England

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ford Madox Brown
Ford Madox Brown ("The Last of England (1855 version)")
Ford Madox Brown ("The Last of England (1852–1855)")
Pre-Raphaelite art
notableWork
The Last of England
title

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