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New! A Legend of Saint Patrick – Briton Rivière – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality

New! A Legend of Saint Patrick – Briton Rivière – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality

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It is said that one time St. Patrick and several of his friends were out planning where the foundation of his stone church would be, the site of where St. Patrick's Cathedral is today, in Armagh, Ireland. Suddenly, a doe sprang up and ran from the brush, leaving behind its fawn. Patrick picked up the fawn and carried it down the hill, over a little valley, and up the next hill. There he released the fawn. Its mother, who had followed Patrick, retrieved it. He prophesized that someday there would be a great stone church there. (source: visitarmagh.com)

The story symbolizes a wild Ireland being carried to the Church by kind-hearted Christian St. Patrick. According to that Cathedral’s website, Patrick built his first stone church there in 445, and the Cathedral, which still stands today, was built where he prophesized, on the next hill, starting in 1268 from a design by Archbishop O'Scanlon. (source: www.stpatricks-cathedral.org)

Briton Riviere (1840-1920) was a British artist mainly known for his paintings of animals. He would also paint historical, household, and religious paintings, which usually included animals. He was the son of an artist who taught art at a college, and his grandfather was also an artist. Fame was slow to come to him, but he persevered painting what he loved, God's creatures, and eventually he was successful and had exhibits at the Royal Academy in London. (source: victorianweb.org)

In our research of the deer story, we found this prayer of Patrick's which turned out to be the long version that the famous "Breastplate of St. Francis" is taken from. We were just going to start researching prayers to or by Patrick for a new holy card the next day. We include it here for your interest. The prayer is called "The Cry of the Deer" from the site EmeraldIsle.ie, and it has as context a slightly different legend of Patrick and the deer. It is a literal translation from an ancient Irish text. Not to take you away from our site, but you can find it here. https://emeraldisle.ie/the-cry-of-the-deer

** IMPORTANT ** THE IMAGE IS SMALLER THAN THE PAPER! There is a blank border around the image. Approximately 0.5" wide for 5x7, 1.3" for 8.5x11, 1.6" for 11x14, and 1.75" for 13x17 and 16x20. For the two poster sizes, 18x24 and 24x36, we use 0.5" borders. We do this because the ratio of the rectangle of the art almost never matches the rectangle of the paper, and if it did happen to match one size, it would not match the others. Most fine art printers do this because otherwise they’d have to crop the art or warp it to make it fit the paper. The border looks good. It gives the picture a faux matted appearance.

There is almost always a little more border either on the left-right sides, or the top-bottom, depending on whether the ratio of the art is wider or taller than the paper.


We make Archival Quality fine art prints:

– Acid-free paper

– Archival pigments

– Cardboard backer for sizes 11x14 and less.

– Above story of the art

– Enclosed in a tight-fitting, crystal-clear bag.

– Rated to last 200+ years without fading if kept dry and out of the direct sun.


Thanks for your interest!


+JMJ+

Sue & John

Lincoln, Nebraska


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“In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art.”

~ St. Pope John Paul II


Original image is out-of-copyright. Descriptive text and any image alterations (hence the whole new image) © by Sue Kouma Johnson – Classic Catholic Art.

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