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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: 28.8 cm
Width: 18.9 cm
Width: 18.9 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5327
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: lower margin centre inside image, stamped: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION / 1928.
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, handwritten in graphite: neg. no. L15 \ 30 \ G (24).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner inside plate, printed: P
Inscription: Verso: centre, writing in black, framed by red box, printed: 14 JESUS IN LONDON / XII / "I've got nothing new to tell you; / You know what I always said. / But you've built their bones into churches / And stolen their wine and bread. / You with My name on your foreheads, / Liar, and traitor, and knave, / You have lived by the death of your / brothers - / These whom I died to save." / XIII / I wish He would come and say it; Perhaps they'd believe it then, / And work like men for their livings / And let us work like men. / Brothers? They don't believe it, / The lie on their lips is red. / They'll never believe till He comes again / Or till we rise from the dead! / E. NESBIT
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, handwritten in graphite: L15 \ 31 \ A (26).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, handwritten in graphite: neg. no. L15 \ 30 \ G (24).
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner inside plate, printed: P
Inscription: Verso: centre, writing in black, framed by red box, printed: 14 JESUS IN LONDON / XII / "I've got nothing new to tell you; / You know what I always said. / But you've built their bones into churches / And stolen their wine and bread. / You with My name on your foreheads, / Liar, and traitor, and knave, / You have lived by the death of your / brothers - / These whom I died to save." / XIII / I wish He would come and say it; Perhaps they'd believe it then, / And work like men for their livings / And let us work like men. / Brothers? They don't believe it, / The lie on their lips is red. / They'll never believe till He comes again / Or till we rise from the dead! / E. NESBIT
Inscription: Verso: upper left corner, handwritten in graphite: L15 \ 31 \ A (26).
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