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In 1850 Claxton went to Sydney, Australia, with a large collection of pictures, but had little success in selling them. While in Sydney he painted a large picture, "Suffer little children to come unto me", a commission from the Baroness Burdett-Coutts. This was described in Household Words as 'the first important picture' painted in Australia. [2]
Lady Godiva by John Collier, c. 1897, in the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry. Lady Godiva: Edmund Blair Leighton depicts her moment of decision (1892). Lady Godiva (/ ɡ ə ˈ d aɪ v ə /; died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English Godgifu, was a late Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who is relatively well documented as the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and a patron of various churches and ...
Lady Godiva of Coventry is a 1955 American Technicolor historical drama film, directed by Arthur Lubin. It starred Maureen O'Hara in the title role. Alec Harford, the English actor who portrayed Tom the Tailor, died eight months before the film's release.
Ælfgar (died c. 1062) was the son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, by his famous wife Godgifu (Lady Godiva). [1] He succeeded to his father's title and responsibilities on the latter's death in 1057. He gained the additional title of Earl of East Anglia, but also was exiled for a time.
Maureen O'Hara from The Black Swan (1942) Maureen O’Hara from Photoplay magazine (1942) Lobby poster from Miracle on 34th Street – Maureen O'Hara and John Payne in the foreground, Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn in background (1947) Fred MacMurray and Maureen O'Hara in Father Was a Fullback (1949) John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in The Quiet Man (1952) Lobby poster from The Redhead from ...
Lady Godiva (2008 film) Lady Godiva (painting) Lady Godiva (1911 film) Lady Godiva (1921 film) Lady Godiva of Coventry; Lady Godiva Rides Again; Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle; Lady Godiva's Operation
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Earl Leofric and Godiva were noted for great generosity to religious houses. In 1043 he founded and endowed a Benedictine monastery at Coventry. [8] John of Worcester tells us that "He and his wife, the noble Countess Godgifu, a worshipper of God and devout lover of St Mary ever-virgin, built the monastery there from the foundations out of their own patrimony, and endowed it adequately with ...