Illustration depicting the arrival of St Augustine in Kent in 597AD, after he was sent to England by Pope Gregory I to convert King Ethelbert to Christianity. The drawing shows Augustine and his clergy arriving on a ship, carried by a sea-creature.

Date:
circa 2006 - circa 2007
Reference:
IC174/019
Type:
Artwork
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Description

Illustration IC174/017 shows a colour version of this drawing. This drawing was created for inclusion in a set of publications associated with the celebrations of the 1400th anniversary of the arrival of St Augustine in England, published in 1997 and entitled 'England's Christian Heritage'. The drawing was used on a map outlining a proposed 'heritage trail' linking important sites or artefacts in the history of Christianity in England.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC174 England's Christian Heritage; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Dunn, Peter

Keywords

Water Transport, Christian Religion, Historic Event, Historic Person