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In 1845 Ford Madox Brown entered his cartoon 'The Spirit of Justice' into the Parliament Fresco Competition. In this allegory Justice is seated in the centre surrounded by consellors who help her preside over the case of a baron accused of murdering a poor widow's husband. This drawing is a study for the face of the baron. The large cartoon now only exists in fragments but a smaller study can be seen in at the Manchester City Art Gallery.LM

  • Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1906.
  • © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

Makers

Association Artist Organisation
Artist Ford Madox Brown -

Exhibitions

Catalogue No. Venue Date(s)
Pre-Raphaelite Drawings
- Lichfield, Midlands Federation Travelling exhibition 1961-05 - 1961-06
 

Literature

Author(s) Date(s) Publisher Pages
City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings
A E Whitley 1939 Bemrose & Sons Ltd, Derby p. 28
 
Ford Madox Brown: The Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite
Laura MacCulloch, Tessa Sidey 2008 D. Giles Limited, London p. 69

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