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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)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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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Object type
TitleThe 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.
Dimensions
  • From catalogue height: 26cm
  • From catalogue width: 38.1cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Gift Miss C W B' (Inscribed in red ink on mount)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Francis William Baxter
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
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. 93a
Collection
Accession number
E.2777-1932

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Record createdNovember 14, 2007
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