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Artist | Edmund Leighton |
Year | 1900 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 160 cm × 116 cm (63 in × 46 in) |
Location | Private collection |
God Speed is a painting by British artist Edmund Leighton, depicting an armored knight departing to war and leaving his beloved. The painting was exhibited in the Royal Academy of Arts in 1900.[1] God Speed was the first of several paintings by Leighton in the 1900s on the subject of chivalry, including The Accolade (1901) and The Dedication (1908).