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Agnes Clara Tatham, b.1893
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Description
- Agnes Clara Tatham
- The Unknown God
- signed
- oil on canvas
- 51x31.5cm.; 20x12½in.
Provenance
London, Sotheby's, 22 December 1983, lot 13
Iain Cameron Williams, Esq.
Iain Cameron Williams, Esq.
Catalogue Note
A larger version of the present work was sold in these rooms, 26 November 2003, lot 35.
The Greek inscription on the plinth can be translated as To the Unknown God and alludes to Apostles, chapter 17, verses 22-3:
'Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you'.
The Greek inscription on the plinth can be translated as To the Unknown God and alludes to Apostles, chapter 17, verses 22-3:
'Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you'.