| Colonel Blood Stealing the Crown Jewels | |
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| Artist | Henry Perronet Briggs |
| Year | 1824 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 147.5 cm× 198.5 cm(58.1 in× 78.1 in) |
| Location | Royal Academy of Arts, London |
Colonel Blood Stealing the Crown Jewels is an oil on canvas history painting by the English artist Henry Perronet Briggs, from 1824.
It depicts the attempt of the Anglo-Irish Colonel Thomas Blood to steal the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London in 1671 during the Restoration era. [1] Blood was subsequently pardoned for the crime by Charles II. [2] Briggs was known for painting a mixture of portrait paintings and history scenes during the Regency era. [3]
The painting was exhibited at the British Institution in London 1824. In 1832 when Briggs was elected as a member of the Royal Academy of Arts at Somerset House he gave this as his diploma work. [4] It featured in the Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857 in Manchester. [5]