General
General
Object Auto ID
57287
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_78967
Common Name
Design for a Monk Succoured by a Christian
Classified Name
Drawing
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

Drawing depicts a wounded or exhausted monk being surrounded by  a group of recently converted- Christian people, trying to assist and revive him. Two men closing the wooden entrance door. Story is related to the persecution of Christian missionaries by Druids/ancient Britons.

Provenance

Bought in 1912 by Henry Tonks and presented by Sir Sigismund Neumann the same year, stored at the Tate and arrived in South Africa in 1916

Owner
Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
Description
Material Types
Paper
Technique Types
Drawing
Colours
black ink
Inscriptions
Signs of it having been previously signed, bottom left hand corner
Measurement Type Unit Value
Length
cm
30.60
Height
cm
22.80
Dimension Comments
22,8 x 30,6 cm
History
Object Age
1849
Object Age Comment
completed 1849
Maker
William Holman Hunt
Production Place
UK (assumed)
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
x y z
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