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Monday, July 26, 2004
The fairy feller's masterstroke
I really want to see this painting in real life. It was painted by a mad Victorian artist named Richard Dadd who murdered his father and was locked up for life. For more about him go here.
The painting itself hangs somewhere in the Tate Gallery.
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There is also a Queen/Freddie Mercury song and a novel by Mark Chadbourn of the same name - both concerning the Masterstroke. There is another awesome painting of Dadd's "Mad Jane" on the Tate site.
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There is also a Queen/Freddie Mercury song and a novel by Mark Chadbourn of the same name - both concerning the Masterstroke.
There is another awesome painting of Dadd's "Mad Jane" on the Tate site.
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