The Ordinance of Baptism, as administered by missionaries connected with the Baptist Missionary Society to 135 persons near Brown's-Town, Jamaica, 1842.
Print
1843 (published)
1843 (published)
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Baxter process print showing the Ordinance of Baptism being administered by missionaries connected with the Baptist Missionary Society to 135 Jamaican people near Brown's Town in Jamaica. The print depicts a beach, lined with palms trees, with long lines of Jamaican people, dressed in white, waiting to be Baptised in the sea by missionaries dressed in blue. In the foreground, on the right, there is a group pf Jamaican people, some on horseback, watching the Baptisms.
Object details
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| Title | The Ordinance of Baptism, as administered by missionaries connected with the Baptist Missionary Society to 135 persons near Brown's-Town, Jamaica, 1842. (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Baxter print on paper |
| Brief description | Print by George Baxter, 'The Ordinance of Baptism, as administered by missionaries connected with the Baptist Missionary Society to 135 persons near Brown's-Town, Jamaica, 1842,' Baxter-process print, England, 1843 |
| Physical description | Baxter process print showing the Ordinance of Baptism being administered by missionaries connected with the Baptist Missionary Society to 135 Jamaican people near Brown's Town in Jamaica. The print depicts a beach, lined with palms trees, with long lines of Jamaican people, dressed in white, waiting to be Baptised in the sea by missionaries dressed in blue. In the foreground, on the right, there is a group pf Jamaican people, some on horseback, watching the Baptisms. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Gift Miss C W B' (Inscribed in red ink on mount) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Francis William Baxter |
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| Accession number | E.2777-1932 |
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| Record created | November 14, 2007 |
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