Margaret taken by brigands, oil painting, 1832, by Francois Dubois, 1790–1871, in the Musee des Beaux Arts, opened 2004 on Place Saint Eloi, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The painting depicts Queen of England Margaret of Anjou, leader of the House of Lancaster, captured in 1463 in a forest by brigands. Marguerite d'Anjou asks her attackers to save her son and heir, and they escort him to safety. The museum is located in the Logis Barrault, and displays fine arts of the 19th and 20th centuries and exhibitions on the history of Angers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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