Annunciation Gallery

The Nativity, mid-15th century. Creator: Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden (Netherlandish

The Nativity, mid-15th century. Altarpiece of Nativity flanked on the left by the annunciation of the Tiburtine Sibyl to the emperor Augustus, and on the right by the Annunciation to the Magi

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The Annunciation to St Anne, section of stained glass window, 1951. Creator: Shirley Markham

The Annunciation to St Anne, section of stained glass window, 1951. Detail of a window made 1350-1355 for the Wallfahrtskirche in Strassengel, in Austria, now in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952. The writer, artist, poet, and illustrator Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) was one of her tutors, and her style of drawing was also influenced by other British illustrators such as Edward Ardizzone, Quentin Blake and Edward Bawden. Markham spent time in the Dolomite Mountains in Italy, and also visited Rome, sketching classical buildings. After graduating from Central, she worked as a graphic designer, producing book illustrations, cartoons for comics, menus and programmes. She gave up her promising career however when she got married in 1957. Middle-class women at that time were expected to devote their energies to bringing up children and running the home, and despite her obvious talent, she lacked the confidence to return to illustration. Her portfolio remained in the family attic for many years, but now her work is published here for the first time.

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A characteristic example of an icon dating from around 1300 with four well-known

A characteristic example of an icon dating from around 1300 with four well-known subjects painted on wood. The scenes shown are the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Baptism of Christ and the Transfiguration . Culture: Byzantine. Date/Period: c.1300 AD. Place of Origin: Constantinople. Material Size: Painting & gilded wood. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ British Museum, London . Location: 10.

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