St Gregory and the Slaves

David Jones (1895 - 1974)

Ditchling Museum

1922

The Pope, St Gregory the Great, was prompted by the sight of Anglo-Saxon slaves for sale in the Roman slave markets to send St Augustine and forty other monks to convert the English.

• Medium: watercolour
• Dimensions: 17 x 14 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1250 ( Total: £5,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1993
• Vendor: Wolseley Fine Arts Limited

Provenance

The David Jones Estate; with Austin Desmond; with Wolseley Fine Arts.

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