Combat of St. George and Sansfoy

Method Etching
Artist George Percy Jacomb-Hood
Published The Portfolio1880
Dimensions Image 197 x 162 mm, Plate 214 x 180 mm
Notes Scene from Edmund Spencer's incomplete epic poem The Faerie Queene. With the inscription "At last him chaunst to meete upon the way A faithless Sarazin.....He had a faire companion of his way, A goodly Lady clad in scarlot red....The knight of the Redcrosse...Gan fairely couch his speare, and towards ride" - Faery Queen Bk I. Canto 2 below.

George Percy Jacomb Hood (Redhill, Surrey, 1857 - Chelsea, 1929) was a genre painter, illustrator and engraver. He was a member of the Society of British Artists. Hood studied at the Slade and under Lavery in Paris.

He lived at 112 Lexham Gardens, Kensington. Hood was a member of The Arts Club between 1888-1910. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1879, the Grosvenor Gallery, the Society of British Artists, the Royal Society of British Artists from 1885 and in Winter 1886-87 and Winter 1887-88. He was also a member of the New English Art Club for a while.
Framing unmounted
Price £80.00
Stock ID 20840

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