Henry Justice Ford (1860-1941)

St Anthony meeting the Centaur and the Satyr

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Henry Justice Ford (1860-1941)
St Anthony meeting the Centaur and the Satyr
signed and dated: "H.J Ford/1911"
pen and black ink and watercolour
12 x 7½in. (30 x 19cm.)

Provenance

Elisabeth Belloc
Julian Jebb

Lot Essay

St Anthony (AD ?251-356) was a Christian Saint and hermit who gave up all worldly goods to live in solitude in the the desert. At the age of 90, he set off to meet the hermit Paul. Along the way he met a Centaur and a Satyr who showed him the way.

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