Lot 168
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HENRY J. HUNT (1867-1951) §
'AH GALAHAD!', A LARGE CARTOON FOR STAINED GLASS, CIRCA 1920
Decorative Arts: Design since 1860 | 577
Auction: 23 October 2019 at 11:00 BST
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Description
pen and ink, watercolour, and bodycolour, signed lower left H. J. HUNT and inscribed AH GALAHAD! HOLY CREATURE, I SEE THEE SO COMPASSED...LA QUOSTODEL SAINT GRAAL' and depicting the knight overcoming Satan with attendant angels, framed
Dimensions
70cm x 47cm
Footnote
Note: Sir Galahad, and other Arthurian imagery was used in a number of memorial windows both in Britain and broad after the Boer War and the First World War.