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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: 26.4 cm
Width: 19.7 cm
Width: 19.7 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5324
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 corner, stamped: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION / 1928.
Inscription: Recto: upper margin centre, handwritten in graphite: neg. no. L15 \ 30 \ 5 (21) .
Inscription: Verso: centre, writing in black, framed by red box, printed: 8 JESUS IN LONDON / V / Then He would say, "I told you / The time I was here before, / That you were all of you brothers, / All you that I suffered for. / I won't go into your churches, / I'll stop in the sun outside. / You bring out the men, your brothers, / The men for whom you died!"/ VI / Out of our lousy lodgings, / From arches and doorways about, / they'd have to do as He told them, / They'd have to call us out. / Millions and millions and millions, / Thick and crawling like flies, / We should creep out to the sunshine / And not be afraid of His eyes.
Inscription: Verso: upper right outside plate mark, handwritten in graphite: L15 \ 31 \ A (29) .
Inscription: Recto: upper margin centre, handwritten in graphite: neg. no. L15 \ 30 \ 5 (21) .
Inscription: Verso: centre, writing in black, framed by red box, printed: 8 JESUS IN LONDON / V / Then He would say, "I told you / The time I was here before, / That you were all of you brothers, / All you that I suffered for. / I won't go into your churches, / I'll stop in the sun outside. / You bring out the men, your brothers, / The men for whom you died!"/ VI / Out of our lousy lodgings, / From arches and doorways about, / they'd have to do as He told them, / They'd have to call us out. / Millions and millions and millions, / Thick and crawling like flies, / We should creep out to the sunshine / And not be afraid of His eyes.
Inscription: Verso: upper right outside plate mark, handwritten in graphite: L15 \ 31 \ A (29) .
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