Edward Armitage, professor and lecturer on painting to the Royal Academy Size:L: 75 x 60cm He used decisive and brutal

He used decisive and brutal methods to quell the rebellions and corruption that had become endemic within the empire

with a white shirt and lace neck-cloth

Depicts one of a series of naval battle re-enactments which took place in Hyde Park as part of the peace celebrations of 1814

dressed for the occasion in the uniform of law and order

Edward Armitage, professor and lecturer on painting to the Royal Academy Size:L: 75 x 60cm He used decisive and brutalEdward 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