# The Bard

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MARTIN, John](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-john-rc051c1cf619a7c>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm

## Commentary

The Bard c. 1817 Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm Yale Center for British Art, New Haven During the Napoleonic threat a number of British painters had taken up the theme of the suppression of the Celtic Welsh by the English King Edward III, epitomized by the destruction of the ancient bards. Martin&#39;s vision of a lone bard driven to a rocky wasteland by the invading army comes close to an apocalyptic Romantic conception, the &#39;last man&#39;.

## Related artworks

- [Great Day of His Wrath](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-john-rc051c1cf619a7c/great-day-of-his-wrath-r7c2c997749d9d8>)
- [Manfred and the Alpine Witch](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-john-rc051c1cf619a7c/manfred-and-the-alpine-witch-r9c7a76ef4db90b>)
- [Pandemonium](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-john-rc051c1cf619a7c/pandemonium-rb48320da74093c>)
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- [The Eve of the Deluge](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-john-rc051c1cf619a7c/the-eve-of-the-deluge-r2231974c3beab1>)
- [The Evening of the Deluge](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/martin-john-rc051c1cf619a7c/the-evening-of-the-deluge-r6eaaffa12e66de>)

## Attribution

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