St. Georgius Puerorum Praeses

Frank Lynn Jenkins

1900

Marble

St. Matthew's Church, Cockington, South Devom

Source: 1900 Academy Architecture, 1904-1908

This late efflorescence of the medieval revival in the arts, whose title means “St. George teacher of boys,” combines the knight in medieval armor with a modern child wearing a little boy's version of a sailor suit.

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Image scan and formatting by George P. Landow

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