The Birth of Christianity
Oil Painting
19th century (painted)
19th century (painted)
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Painted photograph of Pickersgill's 1857 painting 'Flight of the Pagan Deities on the Dawn of Christianity'.
Object details
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| Title | The Birth of Christianity (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on photograph laid on panel |
| Brief description | Painted photograph, 'The Birth of Christianity', Frederick Richard Pickersgill, c. 1857 |
| Physical description | Painted photograph of Pickersgill's 1857 painting 'Flight of the Pagan Deities on the Dawn of Christianity'. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
| Object history | Bequeathed by John Jones, 1882 It is not known why Pickersgill should have painted on a photograph of his original picture; Ronald Parkinson suggests that it may have been a quick and easy method of making a copy on commission. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of British Oil Paintings, 1820-1860 Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 227-228 |
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| Accession number | 539-1882 |
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| Record created | May 30, 2007 |
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