Thomas More in Prison, Visited by His Wife and Daughter or Thomas More en prison (and various other titles) is a history painting of 1828 by Claudius Jacquand. It has been in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon since soon after its completion.Notice des tableaux du Musée de la Ville de Lyon, François Artaud, 1832, p.7Archives historiques et statistiques du département du Rhone, Volumes 7-8, J.M. Barret, 1827-28, p.427-429
The painting depicts English humanist Thomas More while in prison at the Tower of London, with his wife and daughter. His daughter is at his feet begging him to accept the Act of Supremacy and thus avoiding the death penalty. Alice More, his wife, is standing, dressed in red, a colour that seems to preclude his husband's upcoming martyrdom.
In 2014 it was part of the exhibition L'invention du Passé. Histoires de cœur et d'épée 1802-1850.
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