© The artist's estate
St Gregory and the Slaves
Artist: David Jones (1895 - 1974)
Location: Ditchling Museum
Date: 1922
Materials: watercolour
Dimensions: 17 x 14 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,250 (Total: £5,000)
Vendor: Wolseley Fine Arts Limited
Review number: 3903 (1993)
Provenance:
The David Jones Estate; with Austin Desmond; with Wolseley Fine Arts.
Description:
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.
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