John Byam Shaw - "Truly the Light is Sweet"

1901

the verse is from Ecclesiastes XI v 7/8

oil on panel

Shaw did 30 "Sermons in Stone and Good in Everything" pictures exhibited in 1902

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byam_Shaw

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/paint/shaw.htm