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King John, Frog by Rose Wylie

King John, Frog by Rose Wylie

The Hepworth Wakefield

Lithograph

2017

Edition Size: 85

Image Size: 49.5 x 76 cm

Sheet Size: 49.5 x 76 cm

Signed

Condition: Pristine

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‘I like frogs, there don’t seem to be a lot about any more. This image was triggered by a television programme on King John, who was not popularly considered a good king at the time. The story has it that some monks decided to get rid of him by extracting poison from a frog, disguising it in wine and offering it to a travel-worn king. So this frog is both historically fixed and an example of a contemporary frog drawing, similar to that shown on the programme to catch and embody the historical fact. A suitable subject for schools… green colour for frogs, lateral politics and endangered species; with an apparently random ‘King John’ written into the print, but in fact there to establish connection and scholarship, and to encourage discussion.’ – Rose Wylie

£500.00

The Artist

Rose Wylie

English artist Rose Wylie was born in 1934 in Kent. Wylie studied at the Dover School of Art in the 1950s and later at the Royal College of Art, where she graduated with an MA, in 1981. She is known for her large scale canvas paintings and drawings. Wylie lives and works in the Kent countryside.

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