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Holy Card

1945-1965 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rectangular holy card (portrait format). Front: photographic image of a sculpture by Albert Wider depicting the martyrdom of Saint Denis Ssebuggwawo, printed in brown, lettered below the image: AFRIQUE / ALBERT WIDER / BIENHEUREUX DENIS SEBUGWAU / Martyr de l'Ouganda, printed in brown. Back: prayer in French, printed in brown.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gravure on paper
Brief description
Saint Denis Ssebuggwawo, holy card published by Propagation de la Foi, France, 20th century.
Physical description
Rectangular holy card (portrait format). Front: photographic image of a sculpture by Albert Wider depicting the martyrdom of Saint Denis Ssebuggwawo, printed in brown, lettered below the image: AFRIQUE / ALBERT WIDER / BIENHEUREUX DENIS SEBUGWAU / Martyr de l'Ouganda, printed in brown. Back: prayer in French, printed in brown.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11cm
  • Width: 7cm
Content description
Saint Denis Ssebuggwawo
Credit line
Given by Tim Travis in memory of Leslie Travis
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.1143-2012

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Record createdSeptember 6, 2013
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