George Hare - Victory of Faith.jpg

Two sleeping Christian martyrs waiting to be devoured by wild beasts, seen behind bars on the left “ "Two Christian maidens, nude, one fair the other a negress, lying asleep on some straw on the pavement before a lion's cage, through the bars of which the animals are glaring at the figures" ” —Academy Notes from the Royal Academy of Arts, 1891 “ "Victory of Faith" represents two converts to Christianity - a Caucasian and Ethiopian, mistress and maid - asleep on their dungeon bed of straw, and is masterful in design, whilst contrast is effected by opposites without any resort to glaring or overpowering leading lights." ” —1893 review of the Chicago's World's Fair printed in the Otago Witness

Artist: Saint George Hare. License: Public domain. Source

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