• Edward Burra
  • Zechariah 2 1944

    ...behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains... (Ch. 6)

     

     

    One of nineteen sketches for Miracle in the Gorbals


    variously pen, black ink, bodycolour, gouache and pencil

    approximately 4 ¼ x 5 ½ in / 11 x 14 cm

     

    Literature

    Adapted by Robert Helpmann from the play The passing of the Third Floor by Michael Benthall

    C.B.E, The Miracle of the Gorbals (1944) was a Christian allegory set in a modern Glasgow slum. Burra designed set and costumes.