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Jesus in London

Maker

(artist)
1881-1956

(engraver)
1881-1956

(publisher)

Title

Jesus in London

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 29.9 cm
Width: 19.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5325

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© Reserved

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right corner inside and outside plate mark & recto : library stamp : HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION / 1928. //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript in pencil: upper margin centre inside image & recto : : neg. no. L15 [backward slash] 30 [backward slash] G (22) //

Inscription: inscription : printed : centre & verso : writing in black, framed by red box : 10 JESUS IN LONDON / VII / He'd see what God's image looks like / When men have dealt with the same - / Wrinkled with work that is never done, / Swollen and dirty with shame. / He'd see on the children's foreheads / The branded gutter-sign / That marks the girls to be harlots, / That dooms the boys to be swine. / VIII / Then He'd say, "What's the good of churches / When these have nowhere to sleep? / And how can I hear you praying / When they are cursing so deep? I gave My blood and My body / That they might have bread and wine, / And you have taken your share and theirs / Of these good gifts of Mine!" //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript in pencil : upper right corner & verso : : L15 [backward slash] 31 [backward slash] 17 (28) //

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