Accession number
PML 143905.151
Published
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [18--]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item.
Forms part of a bound album containing a collection of prints published by J.L. Marks and the later firm of S. Marks and Sons (see "John Lewis Marks album," PML 143905).
Library's copy folded and trimmed, with substantial loss to printed image.
Forms part of a bound album containing a collection of prints published by J.L. Marks and the later firm of S. Marks and Sons (see "John Lewis Marks album," PML 143905).
Library's copy folded and trimmed, with substantial loss to printed image.
Description
1 print : hand colored etching ; sheet: 480 x 362 mm (trimmed)
Inscriptions/Markings
Written in pencil on verso: In the 50s Xmas pieces were all the fashion as specimens of the scholars handwriting & progress he had made during the year.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
A writing sheet, intended to frame and showcase specimens of student penmanship, with a headpiece depicting Christ walking on water (left), holding the hand of St Peter, with the apostles on a boat at right, and six smaller illustrations depicting scenes from the life of Christ.
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