Lady Godiva

Why it's great

Edmund Blair Leighton shows Lady Godiva before her famous ride through Coventry, which in the legend she made to persuade her husband to lower the town's taxes. She lived in the years before the Norman Conquest.

🏛️ Part of history

The Norman Conquest (1066–1087) — Edmund Blair Leighton shows Lady Godiva before her famous ride through Coventry, which in the legend she made to persuade her husband to lower the town's taxes.

Where to see it

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About the artist

Edmund Blair Leighton

1852–1922 · born in London

Edmund Blair Leighton was born in London and became famous for painting romantic scenes from the Middle Ages and the Regency period. He studied at the Royal Academy and lived in London. His paintings of knights and ladies are widely reproduced. He died in 1922.