Two sleeping christian martyrs waiting to be devoured by wild beasts, seen behind bars on the left
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"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"
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—academy notes from the royal academy of arts, 1891
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"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. "
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—1893 review of the chicago's world's fair printed in the otago witness. Object Type: painting. Date: 1891. Dimensions: height: 123.3 cm (48.5 in); width: 200 cm (78.7 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: National Gallery of Victoria. George Hare - Victory of Faith
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