Sujet

Crossing the River of Death', c1910.

Légende

'Crossing the River of Death', c1910. The River of Death that surrounds the Celestial City on Mount Zion is deeper or shallower depending on the faith of the one traversing it. Scene from "The Pilgrim's Progress", by John Bunyan. Glass lantern slide produced by the Church Army Lantern Department which in 1905 had approximately 100,000 such slides. These were available for hire, and were also taken round the country in special vans, to be shown to groups of people for evangelical purposes.

Date

1910

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F21_217

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

64,4Mo (2,2Mo) / 40,1cm x 40,2cm / 4737 x 4749 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Plaque de verre Allégorie fleuve Gens Homme Hommes religieux arts religion forme géographie ciel la mort Chrétien Christianisme ange endroit circulaire siècle anges littérature concept endoctrinement Bâti Zion Années 10 20e siècle The Print Collector Allegorie Anonyme verre John John Bunyan Bunyan Religious Tract Society Church Army Celestial City