© Trustees of the David Jones Estate
Epiphany 1941: Britannia and Germania Embracing
David Jones
- Art Funded
- 1987
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 24.5 cm
- Vendor
- Anthony d'Offay Gallery
David Jones served in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the First World War and many years later, in 1937, published a book entitled 'In Parenthesis'.
It is dedicated to, among others, 'the enemy front-fighters who shared our pains against whom we found ourselves by misadventure', a clear indication of his solidarity with the enemy that finds further expression in this drawing. The inscription 'Oh Sisters Two, what shall we do' is a line from the Coventry Carol, associated with the theme of the Massacre of the Innocents.
Provenance
T.E.Burns; Antony d'Offay Ltd.