'St Francis beaten by his Father', by Arthur Boyd
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This work by Arthur Boyd was acquired by the Art Gallery of South Australia in 1969 with funds from the Morgan Thomas Bequest. It depicts St Francis of Assisi being beaten by his father, who is known to have objected to Francis’ religious inclinations and specifically to have reprimanded him for selling cloth from his shop to fund church repairs. St Francis (Giovanni Francesco do Bernadone) was born in Assisi around 1181. After an adolescence spent learning his father’s cloth business and aspiring to be a noble knight, he received his religious calling in his twenties when he was praying at San Damiano and heard Christ telling him to repair the church. Following a dispute with his father after selling cloth to raise money for the task, Francis returned every stitch of clothing his father had ever given him and renounced his patrimony. He turned to a life of poverty and religious work. He founded the Franciscan Order, a religious order devoted to poverty, work and preaching, which was authorised by Pope Innocent III in 1210 and quickly grew in popularity from a few followers to a large network of Franciscan preachers and missionaries (administered by Cardinal Ugolini, later Pope Gregory IX) and an enclosed order for women, The Poor Clares. In 1224 St Francis received the stigmata. He died in 1226, and was pronounced a saint only two years later by Pope Gregory IX.
Arthur Boyd, 1920-1999
Art Gallery of South Australia: <a href="http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/" target="_self">http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/</a><br />
1965
Art Gallery of South Australia, with permission of the Bundanon Trust
Lithograph on Paper, 47.9cm x 60.3cm
Robin Hood drawing
Bow, bow and arrow, Robert Cantle, drawing, Morning Bulletin, outlaw, Qld, Queensland, Robin Hood, Rockhampton.
<p>This drawing of Robin Hood appeared on page 14 of the Rockhampton, Queensland, newspaper the <em>Morning Bulletin</em> on August 9, 1935. The drawing by Robert Cantle appears in the ‘Children’s Corner’ section of the newspaper and depicts the popular medieval English outlaw in action with a bow and arrow.</p>
<p>The full newspaper page can be viewed<br />at <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54788762">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54788762</a></p>
Cantle, Robert
Morning Bulletin
August 9, 1935
Public Domain; National Library of Australia
Newspaper article
‘Game of Thrones’ inspired chalk board
Advertising, The Burger Bistro, chalk board, chalk drawing, drawing, fantasy, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Perth, sign, sword, television, throne, tv, WA, warrior, Western Australia.
This chalk board drawing advertises The Burger Bistro in Shafto Lane in central Perth. The drawing is based on posters and the dvd cover for Season One of the television series ‘Game of Thrones’, based on the fantasy book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. The chalk drawing shows Lord Eddard Stark, played by actor Sean Bean, sitting on a throne and holding a sword. The character has the appearance of a medieval warrior.
McLeod, Shane
August 22, 2012
No Copyright
Digital Photograph
Journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth, March 22, 1787- August 8, 1790: Part 287.
Arthur Bowes Smyth (1750-1790), convicts, drawing, early Australian journal, emblem, emblems, First Fleet, fleur-de-lys, fleur-de-lis, heraldic, heraldic badge, heraldic shield, heraldry, journal, Lady Penrhyn, manuscript, manuscript annotation, manuscript tracery text, personal writing, sketch, surgeon, transportation, travel.
A drawing of a heraldic shield redolent of medieval manuscript annotation found on the second last page of the Journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth. Smyth (1750-1790) was the surgeon responsible for the women convicts on the Lady Penrhyn in the First Fleet, from 22 March 1787 – 8 August 1789. His journal contains a number of sketches, doodles and drawings of English emblems, some of which - like this heraldic shield - are medieval.
Smyth, Arthur Bowes
National Library of Australia: <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms4568-s288" target="_blank">http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms4568-s288</a>
1790
Journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth
Arthur Bowes Smyth (1750-1790), convicts, drawing, early Australian journal, emblem, emblems, First Fleet, fleur-de-lys, fleur-de-lis, heraldic, heraldic badge, heraldic shield, heraldry, journal, Lady Penrhyn, manuscript, manuscript annotation, manuscript tracery text, personal writing, sketch, surgeon, transportation, travel.
A scanned copy of the journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth held by the National Library of Australia. Smyth was the surgeon responsible for the women convicts on the Lady Penrhyn in the First Fleet, from 22 March 1787 – 8 August 1789. The journal contains a number of sketches, doodles and drawings of English emblems, some of which are medieval. For example, the drawings of fleur-de-lys. The second last page also contains a detailed image of a heraldic shield, redolent of medieval manuscript annotation.
Smyth, Arthur Bowes
National Library of Australia
National Library of Australia
1787
National Library of Australia
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