Illustrates a scene from the final pages of charles kingsley's novel hypatia published 1853. Philammon is a monk and abbot, who finds his sister pelagia - who has been living as a hermit in the desert - at the point of death, and administers the holy sacraments to her. Object Type: painting. Date: 1887. Dimensions: height: 113 cm (44.4 in); width: 184.2 cm (72.5 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Walker Art Gallery. Arthur Hacker - Pelagia and Philammon
