THE CASTALIAN SPRING (DELPHI), 1933
Watercolour. 9¾ x 15¾in. (25.2 x 40.3cm.)
Inscribed on the reverse of the frame with the artist’s name and the title of the work, the date and Fairfax Road address.
Provenance
National Trust bequest.
Exhibited
Penzance, Framer’s Gallery, 1980, No. 9.
Supplicants who came to seek the advice of the oracle ritually washed their hands and hair at the Castalian Spring before entering the sacred precinct.