Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein
Edward Clifford
Psalm LXIX
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January 30, 06:25 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein
Edward Clifford
British
1844 - 1907
Psalm LXIX
inscribed, signed and dated PSALM LXIX (upper left) Edward Clifford/ 1872 (lower right)
p⛎encil and w☂atercolor heightened with white on paper, laid on board
sheet: 10 1/2 by 18 3/4 in.; 26.6 by 47.6 cm
framed: 18 3/8 by 26 3/8 in.; 46.6 by 66.9 cm
Sale: Christie's, London, 5 June 2006, lot 102
Edward Clifford, a follower of Edward Burne-Jones, was deeply religious, and served as honorary Secretary of the evangelical Church Army. He often looked to Biblical passages for subject matter and the present watercolor illustrates Psalm LXIX, written in the upper left corner, which begins "Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul." Offered in the original frame.