Saint Cecilia

Image credit: Canterbury Museums and Galleries

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Title

Saint Cecilia

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 153.5 x W 121 cm

Accession number

CANCM:10885

Acquisition method

gift from Canterbury Catch Club

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

'At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow hounds, And added length to solemn sounds with nature's Mother-Wit and Arts unknown before ' Dryden

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