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Oil painting titled Retribution by Edward Armitage showing allegorical female figure of Britannia and a tiger representing India Add to board
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Retribution by Edward Armitage, 1858

Oil on canvas in gilded frame. The subject of the painting is the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The two primary figures are allegorical: Britain is represented by the female figure of Britannia; the tiger is used here to represent India.

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