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Jehu Driving Furiously by Gertrude Jekyll

Gertrude Jekyll1865

Garden Museum

Garden Museum
London , United Kingdom

This scene painted by Gertrude Jekyll in 1865, illustrates a biblical text (2 Kings 9:20) which marks the beginning of Jehu’s bloody passage to kingship. He became the tenth king of the northern Kingdom of Israel and reigned for 28 years . Jekyll aged 18, studied at Henry Cole’s South Kensington School of Art where she met influential figures of the day: Ruskin, Burne-Jones, Watts and Rossetti. Later an eminent eye-specialist advised Miss Jekyll to give up close work such as painting and embroidery, after which gardening became her main interest.

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  • Title: Jehu Driving Furiously by Gertrude Jekyll
  • Creator: Gertrude Jekyll
  • Date created: 1865
  • Location created: England
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