Sujet

Statue of Bunyan at Bedford, 1874. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Statue of Bunyan at Bedford, 1874. A '...colossal bronze statue of John Bunyan, by Mr. J. E. Boehm, sculptor..., cast at the works of Messrs. H. Young and Co. This statue is the gift of the Duke of Bedford to the town of Bedford...The likeness is taken from a contemporary painting, by Sadler,...and the costume is in accordance with that of the period. The attitude is that of a preacher, holding the open Bible in his left hand...At his feet have fallen the symbols of the prison...The statue is cast from bronze cannon and bells, recently brought from China...The author of "The Pilgrim's Progress" was born, in 1628, at Elstow, near Bedford, and was bred to his father's trade of tinker. His religious convictions, inspiring a great imaginative intellect, made him one of the most powerful of English Puritan Divines, and one of the most popular English authors...In 1655 he became a Baptist Dissenting preacher at Bedford. He was prosecuted for this crime five years afterwards, and passed much of his remaining life in prison, but was at length released'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A33_099

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

11,8Mo (962,4Ko) / 11,0cm x 26,9cm / 1300 x 3179 (300dpi)

Mots clés

job religious arts religion metal statue statues sculpture bronze art occupation British Christianity century Britain profession newspapers press Bible print literature concept B&W full length full-length writer preaching 17th century engraved engraving minister author 19th century preacher black & white black and white B W nineteenth century seventeenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News Pilgrim's Progress wood engraving John Bunyan ILN newspaper portrait English literature Unknown John Joseph Edgar Boehm Boehm Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm Joseph Boehm Bunyan Joseph Edgar The Pilgrim's Progress 19th-century The Illustrated London News