BIB_ID
282091
Accession number
MA 516.42
Creator
Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, engraver.
Published
[Edinburgh? : s.n., 18--]
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904.
Description
1 print : engraving ; 114 x 71 mm
Notes
Includes the facsimile signature "J. Fletcher Madeley."
Part of a collection of letters, prints, and other materials relating to John Wesley. The 44 items in the collection are described individually (MA 516.1-44).
Part of a collection of letters, prints, and other materials relating to John Wesley. The 44 items in the collection are described individually (MA 516.1-44).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1904.
Summary
Half-length portrait of John William Fletcher, vicar of Madeley in Shropshire and Methodist writer, facing right and looking up. His right hand is raised across his chest; his left hand rests on a human skull sitting on an open book.
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