St. Joan of Arc by Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale – Catholic Gift – Confirmation Gift silver Descriptive text and image ©

Descriptive text and image  © by Sue Kouma Johnson – Classic Catholic Art

and  a bit of colored pencil

Joan of Arc was a popular figure in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries

still in existence today

For decades of the early and mid 20th Century

St. Joan of Arc by Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale – Catholic Gift – Confirmation Gift silver Descriptive text and image ©"St. Joan of Arc" Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale This is the Maid of Orleans. This is the sweet, simple peasant girl living a devout life while tending to her flock. For us, this is the true Joan. Most artists portray her carrying a banner into battle or being burned at the stake by the British, but this is how it started. A teenage girl living a prayerful life who was called by God to save France. Joan said yes to God. If you read the transcripts of her