Lot 35: AGNES CLARA TATHAM, B.1893

SIGNED AND DATED (MAKER'S MARKS)
signed

99x57cm.; 39x22 1/2 in.

oil on canvas

London, Royal Academy, 1921, no.321

The Royal Academy Illustrated, London 192, illustrated p.118

The Greek inscription on the plinth can be translated as To the Unknown God and alludes to Apostles, chapter 17, verses 22-3:
'Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you'.