The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin City (Section 3)

Section 3 The Eve of Saint Agnes (1924)


Dublin City Gallery Hugh Lane, Charlemont House, Parnell Sq., Dublin.  Window: 1, Number of Lights 10,  Date 1924. Map   Web


Section 3
(panels 6 to 8)

Inscriptions:

Behind a broad hall-pillar, far beyond
The sound of merriment and chorus bland
Follow me child, or else these stones
Will be thy bier.

Narrative:
Porphyro arrives at the castle and seeks out Angela, an elderly woman who is friendly to his family. He beseeches her to lead him to Madeline’s room.

 

 

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Photo credit: Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane - Text © by Lucy Costigan