Progress

Adopted by Margaret & Derek Carley

An archer on horseback charges through a fiery ball of light, symbolising the ‘progress of spiritual and intellectual ideas’. In this moralising work, the figures on the ground respond in a variety of ways. A scholar searches for knowledge in an old volume, but is unable to see in the dark. A rich man scrambles for money in the dust, while an idle man remains oblivious to the action overhead. In contrast, it is the working man who looks up and acknowledges the significance of Progress’s arrival.