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7.00" x 10.00"
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2.00"
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0.88"
Overall:
12.50" x 15.50"
The Grand Dame Framed Print
by Yuri Leitch
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This is a portrait of Margaret Murray (1863-1963) based upon a photograph of her when she was one-hundred years old; and it is an illustration for... more
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Artist's Description
This is a portrait of Margaret Murray (1863-1963) based upon a photograph of her when she was one-hundred years old; and it is an illustration for Book One of The Chronicles of Ogus.
Margaret Murray was an Egyptologist and Archaeologist at University College London. She worked with the famous Archaeologist Flinders Petrie. She wrote many books but is best know for her books about Witchcraft - 'The Witch-Cult in Western Europe' and 'The God of the Witches'. She was a big influence upon Gerald Gardner (the founder of Wicca) and she is affectionately remembered as the Grandmother of Wicca - she wrote an introduction to one of Gerald Gardner's books and they were friends.
Margaret Murray dealt with much conservative Christian rejection of her Witch-Cult theory, but the modern pagan world owes much to her presentation of the pagan 'Old Religion' of pre-Christian Europe.
In 1963, when she was one-hundred years old she published her autobiography, wonderfully entitled...
About Yuri Leitch
Yuri was born in Barnstable, Devon, in 1968; and he has spent most of his life living in the South West of Britain. He studied Illustration at Falmouth School of Art and Design - between 1991 and 1994. In 1995 he painted his first murals - at the Bark House Restaurant in Mevagissey, Cornwall. Between 1996 and 1998 he then painted various murals in the city of Bristol. In the year 2001 Yuri moved to Glastonbury where he established himself as a self-employed artist. In 2006 he had the pleasure of painting various mini murals throughout the bar and dining room of Glastonbury's 15th century George & Pilgrims hotel. In 2007 his first book was published, 'GWYN, ancient god of Glastonbury and key to the Glastonbury Zodiac'. He has...
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Linda Lees
Fabulous drawing Yuri! L/F
Kay Brewer
I love tributes people who lived long enough to be truly the smart ones. And when I can read all about them in the artist's description. Voted this entry in the Billboard contest. Hope this helps get you over that 100 mark. l/f
Yuri Leitch
Thank you Catherine :)
Catherine Ludwig Donleycott
L/F/Voted in the Billboard Contest. Absolutely wonderful drawing and great to read the history behind it as well as the philosophy of Margaret Murray! Thank you!
Yuri Leitch
Thank you very much Katherine :) x
Katherine Nutt
I found your work on the billboard contest and so glad I did. Good luck you have earned a new follower :)