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The Rev William Knibb, with a landscape of the Mission Chapel and grounds, Jamaica, 1847.

Print
1847 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Baxter-process print depicting a portrait of the Rev. William Knibb. He is shown seated on a red upholstered chair pointing to a page in an open book that he holds in his lap. Behind him is a Jamaican landscape with hills, trees and Jamaican people. The Mission Chapel is illustrated, in the distance, on the right.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Rev William Knibb, with a landscape of the Mission Chapel and grounds, Jamaica, 1847. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Baxter print on paper
Brief description
Print designed, engraved and printed by George Baxter, 'The Rev. William Knibb, with a landscape of the Mission Chapel and grounds, Jamaica,' Baxter-process print, England, 1847
Physical description
Baxter-process print depicting a portrait of the Rev. William Knibb. He is shown seated on a red upholstered chair pointing to a page in an open book that he holds in his lap. Behind him is a Jamaican landscape with hills, trees and Jamaican people. The Mission Chapel is illustrated, in the distance, on the right.
Dimensions
  • From catalogue height: 27cm
  • From catalogue width: 22.2cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
designed, Engraved, and Printed by G Baxter, Patentee of Oil Colour Printing Patriot Office, London No.11 of the Missionary Portrait Gallery. (Lettered with title and text)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Francis William Baxter
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Associated object
E.2776-1932 (Version)
Bibliographic references
  • Barringer, Timothy J., Gillian Forrester, Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz, et. al., Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
  • Lewis, C. T. Courtney. George Baxter (colour printer) his life and work: a manual for collectors. London: S. Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., 1908. cat. no. 92
Collection
Accession number
E.2775-1932

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Record createdNovember 14, 2007
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