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

Print
1847 (published)
Artist/Maker
Baxter, George (print-maker)
Place of origin
England (printed)
England (printed)

An uncoloured 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
Prints
Christianity
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleThe Rev. William Knibb, with a landscape of the Mission Chapel and grounds, Jamaica (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Uncoloured Baxter print on paper
Paper
Baxter-Process Printing
Brief description
Print designed, engraved and printed by George Baxter, 'The Rev. William Knibb, with a landscape of the Mission Chapel and grounds, Jamaica,' uncoloured Baxter-process print, England, 1847
Physical description
An uncoloured 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
  • Height: 10.5625in
  • Width: 8.625in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
Style
Victorian
Credit line
Bequeathed by Francis William Baxter
Subjects depicted
Missionaries
Chapels
Books
Place depicted
Jamaica
Bibliographic references
  • Tim Barringer, Gillian Forrester, Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz, et al. Art and Emancipation in Jamaica. Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-300-11661-8
  • 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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2776-1932

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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