The Death of Marmion
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Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford (1818-1891)
The Death of Marmion
pencil and watercolour
8¾ x 9¼in. (21.5 x 23.5cm.)
and watercolours of the interior of Durham Cathedral, a garden and a guardian angel, one inscribed on the reverse 'for Lady Londonderry on approval', another signed with initials and dated 'V.K.G. Sept. 18--', by other hands (5)
The Death of Marmion
pencil and watercolour
8¾ x 9¼in. (21.5 x 23.5cm.)
and watercolours of the interior of Durham Cathedral, a garden and a guardian angel, one inscribed on the reverse 'for Lady Londonderry on approval', another signed with initials and dated 'V.K.G. Sept. 18--', by other hands (5)
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The subject for the drawing 'The Death of Marmion is taken from from, Sir Walter Scott's romantic poem 'Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field', which was begun in November 1806 and published in 1808. The present drawing illustrates Canto VI, verse XXX, where the dying Marmion is found by the Lady Clare, who gives him water to drink from a nearby fountain: ...
'She fill'd the helm, and back she hied,
And with surprise and joy espied
A Monk supporting Marmion's head -
A pious man, whom duty brought
To dubious verge of battle fought,
To shrieve the dying, bless the dead'.
'She fill'd the helm, and back she hied,
And with surprise and joy espied
A Monk supporting Marmion's head -
A pious man, whom duty brought
To dubious verge of battle fought,
To shrieve the dying, bless the dead'.