Lot 116: Norman Ault (British, 1880-1950) Swift, swift, the great twin brethren came spurring from the east unframed

Swift, swift, the great twin brethren came spurring from the east
signed and dated 'NORMAN AULT 1911' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour
30.5 x 23cm (12 x 9 1/16in).
unframed

Published:
Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Lays of Ancient Rome, illustrated by Norman Ault (London 1911) ill. opp. P. 42.

The present lot appears in the chapter 'The battle of the lake Regillus, a lay sung at the feast of castor and pollux oon the ides of quintiles, in the year of the city CCCCLI’ and illustrates the following lines:
'Up to the Great Twin Bretheren
We keep this solemn feast.
Swift, swift the Great twin Bretheren
Came spurring from the east.'