Edmund Dulac | Queen Thomysis, 1938, signed by the artist

Edmund Dulac

Queen Thomysis, 1938

332 x 307mm. (frame 538 x 492mm.), watercolour, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST TO LOWER RIGHT, framed and glazed

Original watercolour illustration produced for the 1938 series of American Weekly covers 'Fighting Women', published 19th June 1938. Thomysis, Queen of the Massagae, is depicted here stood triumphantly over the head of Cyrus the Persian whose invading army she had defeated. The other fighting women included in the series were: Penethesilea, Hyppolyte, Zenobia, Mu-Lan, Joan of Arc, and Molly Pitcher (see lot 279).

PROVENANCE:

From the collection of the late Colin White

EXHIBITION:

Sheffield City Art Galleries, November 1982- May 1983, item no. 38: label to verso

LITERATURE:

Reproduced American Weekly, 19th June 1938, cover artwork; Colin White, Edmund Dulac, 1976, p.175.