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'Choosing the Red and White Roses' by Henry Arthur Payne (1908)
Pen and watercolor, gouache, gold-leaf and oil, size approximately 20 x
22 inches, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery.
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This painting is a detailed study for a 1908 commissioned mural (one of six
paintings by different artists) for the Palace of Westminster. The paintings
were to illustrate six different scenes from English history.
The confrontation in the Temple Garden occurs in 1 Henry VI, Act II,
scene iv, and symbolically recreates the origins of the Wars of the Roses.
Richard Plantagenet (left) who will eventually become the Duke
of York plucks a white rose, the emblem of the Yorks, and his adversary, John
Beaufort, Duke of Somerset (right), picks a red rose, the
badge of the Lancastrians. Their followers then choose sides by plucking a red
or white rose.
paintings by different artists) for the Palace of Westminster. The paintings
were to illustrate six different scenes from English history.
The confrontation in the Temple Garden occurs in 1 Henry VI, Act II,
scene iv, and symbolically recreates the origins of the Wars of the Roses.
Richard Plantagenet (left) who will eventually become the Duke
of York plucks a white rose, the emblem of the Yorks, and his adversary, John
Beaufort, Duke of Somerset (right), picks a red rose, the
badge of the Lancastrians. Their followers then choose sides by plucking a red
or white rose.