Accession number
PML 146432, leaf 114
Creator
Sly, R., engraver.
Published
[London] : Published as the act directs and sold by Ackermann & Co., Strand, and Tilt & Bogue, Fleet Strt., [18--]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption continues: When John Wesley was only six years old, the parsonage house at Epworth took fire; his father twice endeaored in vain to discover and save him, but the child having by Divine Providence found his way to a window, he was rescued by one man leaping on the shoulders of another to reach him: the roof immediately afterwards fell in.
Item bound in as leaf 114 of v. 4 of a set of 4 scrapbooks compiled by William Upcott containing prints and portraits, autographs, manuscripts, facsimiles, ephemera and printed memorabilia, clippings, and original drawings pertaining to the lives of notable persons (see PML 146429-32).
Item bound in as leaf 114 of v. 4 of a set of 4 scrapbooks compiled by William Upcott containing prints and portraits, autographs, manuscripts, facsimiles, ephemera and printed memorabilia, clippings, and original drawings pertaining to the lives of notable persons (see PML 146429-32).
Description
1 print : mezzotint and etching, image: 204 x 150 mm; plate mark: 255 x 180 mm; sheet: 336 x 245 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the 6 year old John Wesley on the large stone window sill of the burning rectory house, looking over his shoulder as smoke billows out behind him at far left; directly below him, a man is positioned with arms raised, ready to rescue him.
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