Queen Mary's Dolls' House
A guide to Windsor Castle's famous Dolls’ House.
HENRY HOLIDAY (1839-1927)
Mercy and Truth Have Kissed Each Other
c.1923RCIN 927077
A miniature print with hand-colouring showing two elegant allegorical female figures, leaning over a captial letter 'M' in order to embrace one another; with the title lettered, partly on a fictive scroll above. Signed on the verso.
Henry Holiday, a follower of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, is one of the older generation of contributors to the collection of drawings and watercolours in Queen Mary's Dolls’ House. Together with his wife Kate and daughter Winifred he had been a keen supporter of the Suffragette movement. The influence of the Pre-Raphaelites and the closely aligned Arts and Crafts Movement are evident in this allegorical illustration which takes the form of an illuminated initial from a medieval manuscript. As well as working as a painter, illustrator and sculptor, Holiday is known for his stained glass window designs for Welsh churches, many of which were realised by the company of James Powell & Sons, between 1862 and 1890.
Henry Holiday, a follower of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, is one of the older generation of contributors to the collection of drawings and watercolours in Queen Mary's Dolls’ House. Together with his wife Kate and daughter Winifred he had been a keen supporter of the Suffragette movement. The influence of the Pre-Raphaelites and the closely aligned Arts and Crafts Movement are evident in this allegorical illustration which takes the form of an illuminated initial from a medieval manuscript. As well as working as a painter, illustrator and sculptor, Holiday is known for his stained glass window designs for Welsh churches, many of which were realised by the company of James Powell & Sons, between 1862 and 1890.
