Art Auction Lot Sold in Canada in 2017
Edmond Thomas Parris (1793-1873) - Queen Bertha (Of Kent) Wife Of Ethelbert Educating Her Children (Eadbald And Ethelburga), 1857

Queen Bertha (Of Kent) Wife Of Ethelbert Educating Her Children (Eadbald And Ethelburga), 1857


oil on panel
45.7 cms x 34.9 cms (18 ins x 13.7 ins)
Signed and dated 1857 to the post lower right, titled "Queen Bertha wife of Ethelbert Educating Her Children" and numbered "No. 2" to an old handwritten pen and ink card further inscribed with a passage from Rapins History of England: "To Bertha undeviating faith in Christ and Her education in Christianity. Eadbald and her daughter Ethelburga, are mainly to be attributed the rapid and effectual conversion of the Idolatrous Saxons to the sacred truths of Christianity" mounted to the verso

Lot offered for sale


Waddington's, Toronto
International Art Online Auction, Lot# 17
Thu, Dec 7, 2017

Lot prices


Price realised
C$3,600

Estimate
C$3,000 - C$5,000

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Queen Bertha (Of Kent) Wife Of Ethelbert Educating Her Children (Eadbald And Ethelburga), 1857 by artist Edmond Thomas Parris