Friar John The Pope's Peacemaker (Signed) (Original)
Friar John The Pope's Peacemaker (Signed) (Original)
Friar John The Pope's Peacemaker (Signed) (Original)
Artist: Ralph Bruce Medium: Watercolour on Board Size: 14" x 9" (360mm x 220mm) Date: 1972 Signature: Signed by artist lower right outside image Code: BruceRiderLL
This is the Signed unique original Watercolour painting by Ralph Bruce.
Friar John de Plan Carpini was Pope Innocent IV's envoy to the court of the Mongol leader Genghis Khan. Armed with no more than a "cease and desist" letter from the Pope it was Friar John's duty to persuade the Mongols to leave Europe alone.
Here was see the sixty year old priest, who was used to nothing faster than a mule, riding a spirited Mongol stallion.
Originally published in Look and Learn #566 18th November 1972.
Ralph Bruce Ralph Bruce was a talented illustrator who worked for Look and Learn in the 1960s. Until the mid-1960s he was a regular artist for The Children's Newspaper and was probably brought to the educational paper by former Children's Newspaper editor, John Davies, who took over the editorship of Look and Learn in 1965.
His artwork covered a huge range of subjects. His historical illustrations ranged from ancient Greece and Roman Britain, to the eras of Shakespeare, Caxton and modern journalism. He was particularly adept at portraits and drew everyone from Dickens to the Beatles for Look and Learn as well as contributing covers for various series, including Famous Couples and When They Were Young in the late 1960s. Some of his best work was contributed to the long-running series The Story of Opera, penned by Robin May.
Prior to working for Look and Learn, Bruce had illustrated book covers for Digit Books in the late 1950s, titles including The Deep Six by Martin Dibner, I Came Back by Krysyna Zywulska, White August by John Boland, Air Patrol Biscay by Richard T. Bickers, Horns of the Dragon by Felix Trigg, Battle of the Bulge by William M. Stokoe, The God of Channel 1 by Donald Stacy, Nor Iron Bars a Cage by W. H. Aston, all in 1957.
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