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Jesus in London
Maker
(artist)
1881-1956
(engraver)
1881-1956
(publisher)
1881-1956
(engraver)
1881-1956
(publisher)
Title
Jesus in London
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Height: 32 cm
Width: 19.6 cm
Width: 19.6 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5323
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© Reserved
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Stamp: Recto: upper right margin inside plate mark, stamped: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / J. J. CORNISH COLLECTION / 1928.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner inside image, handwritten in graphite: neg. no. L15 \ 30 \ 4 (20).
Inscription: Verso: centre, writing in black, framed by red box, printed: 6 JESUS IN LONDON / III / In the warm, West End churches / They sing and preach and pray, / They call us "Beloved brethren," / But they do not act that way; / And when He come to the church door / He'd call out loud and free, / "You stop that preaching and praying / And show what you've done for Me." / IV / Then they'd say, "Oh, Lord, we have / given / To the poor both blankets and tracts, / And we've tried to make them sober / And we've tried to teach them facts. / But they will sneak round to the drink / shop / And pawn the blankets for the beer, / And we find them very ungrateful - / But still we persevere."
Inscription: Verso: upper left, handwritten in graphite: L15 / 31 / A (30).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner inside image, handwritten in graphite: neg. no. L15 \ 30 \ 4 (20).
Inscription: Verso: centre, writing in black, framed by red box, printed: 6 JESUS IN LONDON / III / In the warm, West End churches / They sing and preach and pray, / They call us "Beloved brethren," / But they do not act that way; / And when He come to the church door / He'd call out loud and free, / "You stop that preaching and praying / And show what you've done for Me." / IV / Then they'd say, "Oh, Lord, we have / given / To the poor both blankets and tracts, / And we've tried to make them sober / And we've tried to teach them facts. / But they will sneak round to the drink / shop / And pawn the blankets for the beer, / And we find them very ungrateful - / But still we persevere."
Inscription: Verso: upper left, handwritten in graphite: L15 / 31 / A (30).
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