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Philip's mission / W. Small ; Swain sc.

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William Small
1843-1929

Philip's mission / W. Small ; Swain sc.

[London : s.n., 1867?]
wood engraving
image: 151 x 113 mm; sheet: 257 x 226 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1002
Notes
Touched India paper proof of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by W. Small for a poem of the same title by J.C. Knox, published in The Sunday magazine for 1867, p. 752.
Inscriptions/Markings
Proof heavily touched with red and inscribed with artist's directions to the engraver: Please lighten the background I mean the figures. W.S.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Illustration shows Philip the Evangelist baptizing the Ethiopian, with chariot and palm trees in the background.

Associated names
Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, engraver.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints