Thursday, June 3, 2010

John Byam Liston Shaw - Better is an Handful ...




["Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit"]
Ecclesiastes Ch IV v VI
signed
oil on panel
17.5 x 13.5"

from thirty Sermons in Stones and Good in Everything, a series illustrating quotations from the book of Ecclesiastes, exhibited at the Dowdeswell Galleries in June 1903.
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2 comments:

  1. Dolls from the AtticJune 3, 2010 at 12:07 PM

    I like this quote...so true.
    Beautiful painting as well.

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  2. HermesJune 3, 2010 at 12:13 PM

    I've been rushing about all morning so this is much needed. Isn't that dress really something. Beautiful sunny day here.

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