 The history of Eadwig's reign caught the British imagination in the later 18th century, and was represented in paintings and drama, in particular, by numerous works to 1850.Artists who tackled the subjects it suggested included William Bromley, William Hamilton, William Dyce, Richard Dadd, and Thomas Roods.Literary works were written by Thomas Sedgwick Whalley, Thomas Warwick, Augustine David Crake and Frances Burney, who wrote a play entitled "Edwy and Elgiva".