Monastery library at Maria Laach Abbey, Germany
📚Claustrum sine armario est quasi castrum sine armamentario.
(A monastery without a library is like a fortress without weapons.)
Old Proverb from 1170
George John Pinwell RWS (26 December 1842, London, England – 8 September 1875 London, England), was a British illustrator and watercolourist.
The Great Lady
1873
Watercolour and gouache on paper
22 x 32½ in (56 x 83 cm)
Private collection
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