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

'Taking the (Irish) Bull by the Horns'

East end of Whitbread's Brewery

General Ferdinand Foch and Sir Douglas Haig on the balustraded terrace of General Haig's headquarters at Beauquesne 12th August 1916

grasping a branch in leaf with fore-claws and tail

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