Lot 102: Edward Clifford (1844-1907)

Psalm LXIX
signed and dated 'EDWARD CLIFFORD./1872.' (lower right) and inscribed 'PSALM LXIX.' (upper left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour
10 1/4 x 18 1/8 in. (26 x 46 cm.)
in the original frame

This image is an illustration for Psalm LXIX entitled 'To the chief musician upon Shoshannin. A Psalm of David' beginning: 'Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters where the floods overflow me.'

A follower of Burne-Jones, Clifford was a portraitist and painter of biblical genre. His Royal Academy exhibits were all conventional female portraits, but he exhibited biblical scenes at the Grosvenor Gallery.

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